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Audrey Lamothe
Personal information
Born (2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 19)[1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryCanada Canada
SportArtistic swimming
Event(s)Solo technical routine,
Solo free routine,
Team technical routine,
Team free routine,
Mixed team highlight
ClubMontréal Synchro
Medal record
Women's artistic swimming
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Artistic Swimming World Series 2 8 1
Artistic Swimming World Cup 0 0 2
Total 2 8 3
Artistic Swimming World Series
Gold medal – first place 2022 USA-CAN Team free routine
Gold medal – first place 2022 Australia Solo free routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 USA-CAN Team technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 USA-CAN Mixed team highlight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris Solo technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris Team technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris Mixed team highlight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Australia Solo technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 Australia Team technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2022 Australia Mixed team highlight
Bronze medal – third place 2022 USA-CAN Solo technical routine
Artistic Swimming World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Markham Solo technical routine
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Markham Solo free routine

Audrey Lamothe (born 18 February 2005) is a Canadian artistic swimmer. She is a 13-time medallist at Artistic Swimming World Series and World Cup circuits. She won 11 medals at the 2022 Artistic Swimming World Series, two gold medals, eight silver medals, and one bronze medal. She was the champion in the solo free routine at the leg of the World Series hosted virtually by Australia. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she placed eighth in the team technical routine, ninth in the solo free routine and tenth in the solo technical routine. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she placed fifth in the solo technical routine, fifth in the team technical routine, and sixth in the solo free routine.

Background

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Lamothe was born 18 February 2005 to parents Nathalie and Jean and began artistic swimming when she was 5 years old.[1]

Career

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2022

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2022 Artistic Swimming World Series

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On the first day of the first leg of the 2022 Artistic Swimming World Series, a virtual event in March hosted by the United States and Canada, Lamothe won the bronze medal in the solo technical routine with a score of 82.0037 points, competing to the music "Cry Me a River" by Michael Bublé.[2] She won her second medal of the day in the team technical routine, helping win the silver medal in a hip hop and rap-themed performance with a final score of 83.2592 points.[2][3] The second and final day of competition, she won a gold medal in the team free routine, helping score 84.7000 points and performing to a theme of "Triumph".[4] She capped off competition in the mixed team highlight event, where the team debuted new choreography and won the silver medal with a score of 82.9667 points.[3][4]

At the second leg of the World Series, held at Piscine Georges Vallerey in Paris, France in April, Lamothe won the silver medal in the solo technical routine with a score of 83.3653 points on day two.[5][6][7] She won her second medal of the day as part of the mixed highlight event, with the team scoring a 85.5333 competing with music by Stan Erbrink in the theme of "Galaxy" to win the silver medal.[5][8] The third and final day of competition, as part of the team technical routine in the theme of hip hop and rap, she won a silver medal with a team score of 84.7341.[9][10]

For the leg of the World Series in May, conducted in virtual format, and hosted by Australia, Lamothe won a silver medal in the solo technical event reiterating the "Cry Me a River" by Michael Bublé music choice from the first leg of the series to place second with a score of 83.0599 points.[11][12] Later in the day, she won a silver medal with the rest of her teammates in the team technical routine with a score of 83.5067, less than 1.5 points behind the first-place team from the United States.[11][13] She won a third medal on day one in the mixed team highlight event, scoring 85.4000 points for their routine.[11][14] In her final event of the World Series, she won the gold medal in the solo free routine on the second and final day of the Australia-hosted virtual leg, scoring 84.6000 points for her routine choreographed in the theme of "Hungarian Spirit".[15]

2022 World Aquatics Championships

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In advance of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Lamothe took part in the Canada Artistic Swimming national team training camp in Quebec.[16] For artistic swimming competition at the World Championships, she entered to compete in a total of five events, which was 50% of all events offered in artistic swimming at the Championships.[17] On the first day of competition, 17 June, she ranked tenth in the preliminaries of the solo technical routine and qualified for the final with a score of 83.1821 points.[18] Choosing to showcase her country with the music choice for her performance, she executed her choreography to fellow Canadian Michael Bublé's song "Cry Me a River".[19] In the final the following day, she placed tenth with a score of 83.0909 points.[20][21][22] In the preliminaries of the team technical routine on the morning of day three, she helped qualify for the final ranking seventh with a score of 84.7752 points.[23] The following morning, she ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the solo free routine, advancing to the final with a score of 84.5333 points.[24]

On day five of competition, she helped achieve an eighth-place finish in the final of the team technical routine with a final score of 84.4871 points.[25][26] The following morning, the Canada team for the team free routine did not start competition.[27] Later in the day, she placed ninth in the final of the solo free routine with a score of 85.4000 points.[28][29] Prior to the start of competition for the highlight routine, she withdrew from competition in the event.[30]

2022 World Junior Championships

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Lamothe was highlight in a FINA press release as a swimmer to watch at the 2022 World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships, leading up to the start of competition on 23 August in Québec.[31] She presented the choreography to "Cry Me a River" as at the senior World Aquatics Championships for the solo technical routine on day one, even though time limits for some events at the World Junior Championships compared to the senior World Series and World Aquatics Championships were shorter, earning a score of 83.5463 points to improve upon her final score from the senior World Championships by over 0.45 points and place fifth.[32][33] She finished 0.8441 points behind bronze medalist Oriane Jaillardon of France.[33] Later in the day, she performed in the team technical routine, helping place fifth with a score of 83.5095 points.[33][34] The following day, she scored 83.8667 points in the preliminaries of the solo free routine, qualifying for the final three days later ranking fifth.[35] The final day of competition, 27 August, she placed sixth in the final of the solo free routine with a score of 84.1667 points.[36][37]

2023

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2023 Artistic Swimming World Cup

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At the stop of the 2023 Artistic Swimming World Cup, a World Aquatics competition retaining the same multi-location format as the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series and implementing a new scoring system, contested in March in Markham, Lamothe started competition with a bronze medal in the solo technical routine, finishing 46.5084 points behind silver medalist Yukiko Inui of Japan with a score of 196.2833 points.[38][39][40] The next day, she achieved a score of 224.5041 points in the solo free routine, winning the bronze medal and finishing within 100 points of gold medalist Yukiko Inui.[41][42] Her free routine featured new choreography in a new theme "Roman Gods", instead of reusing the same routine from the 2022 circuit.[43]

International championships

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Meet solo technical routine solo free routine highlight routine team technical routine team free routine
Junior level
WJC 2022 5th
(83.5463)		 6th
(84.1667)		 5th
(83.5095)
Senior level
WC 2022 10th
(83.0909)		 9th
(85.4000)		 WD 8th
(84.4871)		 DNS

World series and world cup circuits

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The following medals Lamothe has won at Artistic Swimming World Series (2022) and World Cup (2023) circuits.[3]

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total
2022 2 8 1 11
2023 0 0 2 2
Total 2 8 3 13

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Canada Artistic Swimming: Audrey Lamothe". Canada Artistic Swimming. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hennigan, Caoimhe (19 March 2022). "Technical events feature during day one of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 opener". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Audrey Lamothe: Medals". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b Hennigan, Caoimhe (20 March 2022). "Creativity and composure on display during day two of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 opener". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b Croes, Maureen (2 April 2022). "Creativity and youthful performances awarded during Day 2 of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  6. ^ Morrison, Chloe (2 April 2022). "Two medals for Canada at Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Meilleure note en carrière pour Audrey Lamothe" (in French). Réseau des sports. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 - Leg 2: Results Women Team Highlight". FINA. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  9. ^ Croes, Maureen (3 April 2022). "Spain excels during final day of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  10. ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 - Leg 2: Results Women Team Technical". FINA. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Croes, Maureen (7 May 2022). "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series for first time hosted virtualy by Australia". FINA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  12. ^ Wallner, Wolfgang (8 May 2022). "Alexandri-Drillinge vergolden ihre WM-Generalprobe" (in German). NÖN.at. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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  14. ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 - Leg 4: Results Mixed Team Highlight". FINA. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  15. ^ "USA top the medal table of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022". FINA. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  16. ^ Boutin, Richard (12 May 2022). "Mondiaux aquatiques: plusieurs nouveaux visages" (in French). Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  17. ^ FINA (15 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Entry List by Nation". Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  18. ^ FINA (17 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Solo Technical Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  19. ^ Aita, Alessandro (17 June 2022). "LIVE Nuoto artistico, Europei 2022 in DIRETTA: le cinesi Wang chiudono in testa la fase preliminare, quinte Cerruti e Ferro" (in Italian). OA sport. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  20. ^ FINA (18 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Solo Technical Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Natation artistique: mission accomplie pour Audrey Lamothe" (in French). Le Journal de Québec. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  22. ^ Steiner, Ben (18 June 2022). "Teen sensation McIntosh, Canadian women's relay team win silvers on opening day of aquatics worlds". CBC. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
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  24. ^ FINA (20 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Solo Free Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  25. ^ FINA (21 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Team Technical Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Les blessures ne freinent pas les ardeurs des nageuses artistiques canadiennes" (in French). Réseau des sports. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  27. ^ FINA (22 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Team Free Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  28. ^ FINA (22 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Solo Free Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  29. ^ "Audrey Lamothe : Le plaisir que j'ai ressenti se reflète bien dans la note que j'ai reçue" (in French). La Presse. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  30. ^ FINA (23 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Highlight Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  31. ^ Croes, Maureen (23 August 2022). "Quebec City ready to host the world's best Junior artistic swimmers". FINA. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  32. ^ FINA (23 August 2022). "Women Solo Technical | FINAL | FINA World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships 2022". YouTube. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  33. ^ a b c Boutin, Richard (23 August 2022). "Le Canada enflamme le PEPS" (in French). Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  34. ^ FINA (23 August 2022). "Women Team Technical | FINAL | FINA World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships 2022". YouTube. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  35. ^ FINA (24 August 2022). "Women Solo Free | PRELIMINARIES | FINA World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships 2022". YouTube. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  36. ^ FINA (27 August 2022). "Women Solo Free | FINAL | FINA World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships 2022". YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  37. ^ Boutin, Richard (27 August 2022). "Natation artistique: l'équipe canadienne est blanchie au mondial" (in French). Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  38. ^ "World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup - Markham 2023: Results Women Solo Technical". World Aquatics. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  39. ^ "Natation artistique: Audrey Lamothe décorée de bronze dans une ambiance de renouveau" (in French). Le Journal de Québec. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  40. ^ "WORLD CUP MARKHAM / Dennis González, oro en Solo Técnico Hombres" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  41. ^ "World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup - Markham 2023: Results Women Solo Free". World Aquatics. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  42. ^ "Audrey Lamothe de retour sur la troisième marche du podium" (in French). Réseau des sports. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  43. ^ "Audrey Lamothe s'offre une autre médaille de bronze" (in French). Ici.Radio-Canada.ca. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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