Kierra Smith
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| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 1, 1994 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Energy Standard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kierra Smith (born February 1, 1994) is a Canadian breaststroke swimmer.[1] She won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games and a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Career
[edit]2016 season
[edit]In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
2017 season
[edit]In September 2017, Smith was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[3][4]
International Swimming League
[edit]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.[5]
2020 season
[edit]In June 2021, Smith was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics[6] (taking place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)
References
[edit]- ^ COC Profile
- ^ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Kierra SMITH". Olympics.com. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Kierra Smith at Swimming Canada
- Kierra Smith at World Aquatics
- Kierra Smith at the International Swimming League
- Kierra Smith at Team Canada
- Kierra Smith at Olympics.com
- Kierra Smith at Olympic.org (archived)
- Kierra Smith at Olympedia
- Kierra Smith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Official website
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Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers from Vancouver
- Sportspeople from Kelowna
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games