Annamay Pierse

Annamay Pierse

Personal information
Full name	Annamay Pierse
Nickname(s)	Anners, Ammie
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) Toronto, Ontario
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	58 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	UBC Dolphins
College team	UBC Thunderbirds
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Canada World Championships (LC) Silver 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games Bronze 2010 Delhi 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Bronze 2010 Irvine 200 m breaststroke

Annamay Pierse (born December 5, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Annamay Pierse is the oldest of 5 sisters (all competitive swimmers), with two brothers (one older, one younger).

She is a breaststroke specialist and the holder of several Canadian records both long course and short course. She is also the world record holder in the 200 m long course breaststroke.

On April 2, 2008 she placed first at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 100 m breaststroke thereby qualifying her for the Summer Olympic games in Beijing. At the 2008 Olympics, she finished in 6th at the 200 m breaststroke. She was a member of the Canadian team that finished in seventh in the 4×100 m medley relay.

2008 Summer Olympic Games

Pierse represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed in the following events:

Event	Results
100 meter breaststroke	10th, 1:08.27
200 meter breaststroke	6th, 2:23.77
4×100 meter medley relay	7th, 4:01.35 (2:08.26)

2009 Canadian Nationals

On March 14, 2009 at the University of Toronto pool, Pierse broke the world short course record in the 200 m breaststroke. Posting a time of 2:17.50. The Previous record was 2:17.75 belonging to Leisel Jones.

She was awarded a new Pontiac Car from a local dealer sponsoring the event who promised a new car to any athlete breaking a world record. A local Speedo dealer also awarded her $2,500 ($CDN) for the feat.

Thanks to this achievement, Annamay also won the CIS female athlete of the year award for 2008-2009.

2009 World Aquatics Championships

Pierse set a new world mark in the 200 m long course breaststroke at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, with a time of 2:20.12 in the semi-finals. 1/10 of a second faster than the previous world record, Rebecca Soni set at the Beijing Olympics. However, in the finals, she faded badly down the final 50m and placed second (2:21.84) to Soni. Nadja Higl is the World Champion.

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Pierse brought home a Bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke from these Championships; Being behind superstar Rebecca Soni, and lethal Leisel Jones. Pierse said that this Pan Pac Bronze medal was more memorable than winning her World Championship medal. She had a rough year due to an illness and missed months of training.

References

• https://www.swimming.ca/liveresults/09springnationals/index.htm

Records
Preceded by Leisel Jones	Women's 200 m breaststroke world record holder (short course) March 14, 2009 – November 15, 2009	Succeeded by Leisel Jones
Preceded by Rebecca Soni	Women's 200 m breaststroke world record holder (long course) July 30, 2009–present	Incumbent