Kelly Stefanyshyn

Kelly Stefanyshyn

Personal information
Full name	Kelly Stefanyshyn
National team	Canada
Born	(1982-07-06) July 6, 1982 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Pacific Dolphins
College team	University of British Columbia
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Canada World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 100 m backstroke 1999 Hong Kong 200 m backstroke Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 100 m backstroke 1999 Winnipeg 4x100 m medley 1999 Winnipeg 200 m backstroke Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m backstroke 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x100 m medley

Kelly Stefanyshyn (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Stefanyshyn was a member of Canada's sixth-place team in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. Individually, she also finished eighth in the women's 200-metre backstroke, and competed in the semifinals of the 100-metre backstroke.

Stefanyshyn was previously a three-medal-winner at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. She won a gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke, a silver in the 4x100-metre medley relay, and a bronze in the 200-metre backstroke.

She attended the University of British Columbia, where she was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds swimming and diving team in CIS competition from 2001 to 2004.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kelly Stefanyshyn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.