Kayla Sanchez
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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada[2] | 7 April 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Energy Standard High Performance Centre - Ontario, Ajax Aquatic Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ben Titley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kayla Sanchez (born 7 April 2001) is a Canadian swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[3][4][2]
In 2017, Sanchez was part of the gold medal 4 × 200 m freestyle 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships team in Indianapolis. In the process the team broke the junior world record and championship record.[5] In September 2017, Sanchez was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[6][7]
In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[8] At the London match in November she won the 200m Freestyle over teammate Femke Heemskerk in a time of 1:52.72.[9]
References
- ^ "Canada's Kayla Sanchez Breaks World Record in 50 Free". SwimSwam.com. 6 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Kayla Sanchez". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Penny Oleksiak, Canada win relay gold at world junior swimming championships". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team". Swimming Canada. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "ISL London Day 1 Results" (PDF).
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Canadian female medley swimmers
- Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Canadian swimming biography stubs