Emily Overholt
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| Full name | Emily Overholt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 4, 1997 Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | West Vancouver Otters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emily Overholt (born October 4, 1997)[1] is a Canadian competitive swimmer. She won a silver medal as part of the 4 x 200 freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] Overholt won the bronze medal in 2013 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships for Canada. She also won three gold and a silver at the 2013 Canada Games as a representative for British Columbia.
Career
Overholt begun swimming at the age of 9 with the West Vancouver Otters.[3] Her main inspiration for being a competitive swimmer was watching Michael Phelps during the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4]
Overholt attended the 2013 Canada Games representing British Columbia as a 15-year-old competitor. There she won gold in the individual 200 m and 400 m medleys while adding a gold and a silver in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle respectively. She next won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.[3] Overholt's first major competitive podium finish came as part of the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she competed as a sixteen-year-old and helped the relay team win a silver medal.
During the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Overholt won three medals, including a gold in the 400 meter freestyle. The victory occurred less than a day after she was disqualified of a gold medal in the 400m medley for an illegal turn.[4]
Overholt attended Collingwood Secondary . She has signed into the University of British Columbia for a degree in science, but will defer her studies and participation in the UBC Thunderbirds until after the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]
Overholt won a bronze at the 2015 World Championships and beat the national record by more than three seconds in the 400 metre individual medley event.[6]
References
- ^ Glasgow 2014 profile
- ^ Chase, Sean (3 August 2014). "Commonwealth Games victories for Alyson Ackman". Daily Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b Overholt takes on the world
- ^ a b Stars of the Pan Am Games: Emily Overholt inspired Canadians
- ^ Emily Overholt making waves at UBC
- ^ Bowmile, Mitchh (9 August 2015). "Emily Overholt Destroys 400m IM Canadian Record For Bronze". http://www.swimswam.com/. Swim Swam. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
Overholt put up a time of 4:32.52 to finish third behind world champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Maya Di Rado of the United States. That time took a huge 3.32 seconds off Tanya Hunk's former Canadian record that she set back at the suited 2009 World Championships.
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