Canada at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
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in Shanghai, China
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 4 3 7
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Canada competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011. Margie Schuett was the chef de mission.^[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Heymans, EmilieEmilie Heymans Jennifer Abel Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard 16 July  Silver Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Swimming Men's 800 m freestyle 27 July  Silver Hayden, BrentBrent Hayden Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 28 July  Silver Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle 31 July  Bronze Bélanger, GenevièveGeneviève Bélanger Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Stéphanie Durocher Jo-Annie Fortin Chloé Isaac Stéphanie Leclair Tracy Little Élise Marcotte Karine Thomas Valerie Welsh Gabrielle Cardinal (reserve) Erin Willson (reserve) Synchronised swimming Free routine combination 21 July  Bronze Abel, JenniferJennifer Abel Diving Women's 3 m springboard 23 July  Bronze McCabe, MarthaMartha McCabe Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke 29 July

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 0 3 1 4 Diving 0 1 1 2 Synchronized swimming 0 0 1 1 Total 0 4 3 7

Medals by date Date Total 16 July 0 1 0 1 17 July 0 0 0 0 18 July 0 0 0 0 19 July 0 0 0 0 20 July 0 0 0 0 21 July 0 0 1 1 22 July 0 0 0 0 23 July 0 0 1 1 24 July 0 0 0 0 25 July 0 0 0 0 26 July 0 0 0 0 27 July 0 1 0 1 28 July 0 1 0 1 29 July 0 0 1 1 30 July 0 0 0 0 31 July 0 1 0 1 Total 0 4 3 7

Diving

The Canada Cup diving grand prix held in Montreal between April 28 and May 1, 2011 will be the qualification tournament. Canada diving, the national governing body set qualification standards for athletes to qualify. For an athlete to qualify they must be in top 2 (Canadians) at the tournament and have reached the minimum score.^[2] Canada has qualified 9 athletes in diving.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac	1 m springboard	312.95	25			Did not advance
	3 m springboard	376.40	29	Did not advance
Reuben Ross	1 m springboard	378.50	7 Q			401.40	6
	3 m springboard	388.15	22	Did not advance
Eric Sehn	10 m platform	419.10	15 Q	388.15	18	Did not advance
Riley McCormick	10 m platform	434.70	11 Q	453.30	8 Q	444.50	9
Kevin Geyson Eric Sehn	10 m synchronized platform	386.22	9 Q			386.70	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emilie Heymans	3 m springboard	324.20	5 Q	357.90	4 Q	270.00	12
Jennifer Abel	1 m springboard	250.95	14			Did not advance
	3 m springboard	307.55	10 Q	359.35	2 Q	365.10
Meaghan Benfeito	10 m platform	336.90	3 Q	327.70	7 Q	375.50	4
Roseline Filion	10 m platform	324.20	6 Q	326.15	8 Q	333.00	8
Emilie Heymans Jennifer Abel	3 m synchronized springboard	275.10	8 Q			313.50
Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	10 m synchronized platform	289.65	5			303.87	7

Withdrawn due to injury

• Alexandre Despatie – 3 meter synchro^[4]

Open water swimming

Athletes that make up the team will be decided at the US 2011 10K Open Water National Championships & Team Trials in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, United States.^[5] After the selection event six swimmers were selected to compete, four men and two women.^[6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Richard Weinberger	5 km	56:33.7	17
	10 km	1:54:51.3	17
Aimeson King	5 km	59:09.3	31
	10 km	2:04:00.1	49
Xavier Desharnais	25 km	5:20:44.2	15
Simon Tobin	25 km	5:19:43.1	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Zsofia Balazs	5 km	1:01:39.0	26
	10 km	2:10:01.7	40
Nadine Williams	5 km	1:02:06.8	29
	10 km	2:13:35.5	44

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Zsofi Balazs Aimeson King Richard Weingerber	Team	1:02:08.7	10

Swimming

Canada's team for these championships was selected from the World Championship trials held in Victoria, British Columbia between March 30 and April 2, 2011.^[8] 33 athletes will represent Canada in Shanghai along with 10 coaches.^[9]

The provisional events per athlete:^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brent Hayden	50 m freestyle	22.34	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.75	11 Q	48.30	4 Q	47.95
Chad Bobrosky	200 m freestyle	1:49.01	27	Did not advance
Ryan Cochrane	400 m freestyle	3:46.88	8 Q			3:45.17	5
	800 m freestyle	7:45.57	3 Q			7:41.86
	1500 m freestyle	14:55.86	5 Q			14:44.46
Charles Francis	50 m backstroke	25.43	16 Q	25.56	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.68	22	Did not advance
Tobias Oriwol	100 m backstroke	55.27	32	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.19	10 Q	1:59.45	14	Did not advance
Matt Hawes	200 m backstroke	1:58.84	19	Did not advance
Andrew Dickens	50 m breaststroke	28.19	23	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:01.18	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:14.36	27	Did not advance
Mike Brown	200 m breaststroke	2:11.51	7 Q	2:11.63	9	Did not advance
Joe Bartoch	50 m butterfly	24.29	26	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.90	21	Did not advance
Stefan Hirniak	200 m butterfly	1:58.72	25	Did not advance
Andrew Ford	200 m individual medley	2:00.92	21	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:20.87	21			Did not advance
Brent Hayden Dominique Massie-Martel Colin Russell Blake Worsley	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:17.35	12			Did not advance
Chad Bobrosky Colin Russell Blake Worsley Stefan Hirniak	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:13.73	10			Did not advance
Charles Francis Andrew Dickens Joseph Bartoch Brent Hayden	4×100 m medley relay	3:35.36	6 Q			3:36.80	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chantal Vanlandegham	50 m freestyle	25.05	5 Q	25.23	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.07	21	Did not advance
Victoria Poon	50 m freestyle	25.24	14 Q	25.26	15	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.74	13 Q	54.82	12	Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson	50 m backstroke	28.62	12 Q	28.10	5 Q	28.09	6
	100 m backstroke	1:00.82	11 Q	1:00.35	13	Did not advance
	200 m medley	2:13.16	10 Q	2:11.92	8 Q	2:16.18	8
Samantha Cheverton	200 m freestyle	1:58.83	18	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:09.81	16			Did not advance
Barbara Jardin	200 m freestyle	1:58.26	12 Q	1:58.18	13	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:08.81	13			Did not advance
Savannah King	800 m freestyle	8:41.93	18			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:35.67	20			Did not advance
Sinead Russell	50 m backstroke	28.87	17	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.80	2 Q	59.68	5 Q	1:00.20	8
	200 m backstroke	2:08.92	6 Q	2:08.80	9	Did not advance
Geneviève Cantin	200 m backstroke	2:11.09	16 Q	2:12.12	16	Did not advance
Tianna Rissling	100 m breaststroke	1:09.29	21	Did not advance
Jillian Tyler	50 m breaststroke	Did not start
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.67	5 Q	1:07.28	6 Q	1:07.64	7
Martha McCabe	200 m breaststroke	2:27.16	8 Q	2:24.86	6 Q	2:24.81
Annamay Pierse	200 m breaststroke	2:27.14	7 Q	2:24.73	4 Q	2:27.00	8
Katerine Savard	50 m butterfly	26.87	18	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.59	12 Q	58.07	9	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:09.41	17	Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix	100 m butterfly	59.02	20	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.88	12 Q	2:08.70	12	Did not advance
Erica Morningstar	200 m individual medley	2:13.71	13 Q	2:12.67	12	Did not advance
Stephanie Horner	400 m individual medley	4:44.85	17			Did not advance
Alexa Komarnycky	400 m individual medley	4:38.82	9			Did not advance
Victoria Poon Genevieve Saumur Chantal Vanlandegham Julia Wilkinson Erica Morningstar*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:38.80	6 Q			3:38.42	6
Samantha Cheverton Barbara Jardin Brittany MacLean Julia Wilkinson	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:52.05	2 Q			7:53.62	7
Sinead Russell Jillian Tyler Katerine Savard Julia Wilkinson Chantal Vanlandegham*	4×100 m medley relay	4:00.72	7 Q			DSQ

• * raced in heats only

Synchronized swimming

Canada will send a team of 12 synchronized swimmers.^[11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon	Solo technical routine	93.600	4 Q	94.500	4
	Solo free routine	94.490	4 Q	94.910	4
Élise Marcotte Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon	Duet technical routine	93.900	4 Q	94.100	4
	Duet free routine	94.100	4 Q	94.950	4
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Jo-Annie Fortin Chloé Isaac Stéphanie Leclair Tracy Little Élise Marcotte Karine Thomas Valerie Welsh	Team technical routine	94.000	4 Q	94.400	4
Stéphanie Durocher Jo-Annie Fortin Chloé Isaac Stéphanie Leclair Tracy Little Élise Marcotte Karine Thomas Valerie Welsh	Team free routine	95.280	4 Q	95.490	4
Geneviève Bélanger Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Stéphanie Durocher Jo-Annie Fortin Chloé Isaac Stéphanie Leclair Tracy Little Élise Marcotte Karine Thomas Valerie Welsh	Free routine combination	95.250	4 Q	96.150

Reserves

• Gabrielle Cardinal
• Erin Wilson

Water polo

Men

Canada's men's team qualified by defeating Brazil and Argentina in a qualifier in January 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia.^[12] Canada's men's team finished an all-time high of eighth place at the previous championships in Rome, Italy. For these championships, Canada has been grouped with Brazil, Japan and defending bronze medalist Croatia.^[13] The team was announced on July 8, 2011.^[14] The team ended up finishing in tenth place.

Team

Robin Randall – Captain Constantine Kudaba Omar Touni Nicholas Bicari Justin Beaconsfield

Scott Robinson John Conway Kevin Graham Devon Diggle

Dusko Dakic Oliver Vikalo Jared McElroy Dusan Aleksic

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	28	25	+3	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	25	40	–15	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	25	40	–15	0

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July 18, 2011 17:00	Report	Japan	5–11	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 700 Referees: Williams (NZL), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–3, 2–3
		five players 1	Goals	Graham 5

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July 20, 2011 10:50	Report	Canada	4–11	Croatia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 0–3, 0–2
		four players 1	Goals	Dobud 4

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July 22, 2011 9:30	Report	Brazil	9–13	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 400 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–3
		Guimaraes 3	Goals	Diggle 5

Playoff Round

July 24, 2011 16:50	Report	Canada	4–17	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 800 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Korzyna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 2–4, 0–2
		Diggle 2	Goals	four players 3

Classification 9–12

July 26, 2011 11:20	Report	Romania	8–12	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 350 Referees: Peris (CRO), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–3
		Radu, Negrean 3	Goals	Boyd 4

Ninth place game

July 28, 2011 10:50	Report	Canada	6–8	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 300 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
		Graham 3	Goals	Younger 2

Women

Canada's women's team qualified by finishing in top two teams at the 2010 World League who had not yet qualified. Canada's women's team finished with the silver medals and second position at the previous championships in Rome, Italy. For these championships, Canada has been grouped with Australia, New Zealand and Uzbekistan. Canada's final roster includes eighteen athletes.^[15] The team was announced on July 8, 2011.^[14] The team finished in eight place.

Team

Krystina Alogbo – Captain Joëlle Békhazi Tara Campbell Emily Csikos Monika Eggens

Whitney Genoway Marissa Janssens Katrina Monton Dominique Perreault Marina Radu

Rachel Riddell Christine Robinson Stephanie Valin Anna Yelizarova

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	43	17	+26	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	46	16	+30	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	27	29	−2	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	14	68	−54	0

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July 17, 2011 12:10	Report	Australia	7–10	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Stavridis (GRE) Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–3, 3–2
		Webster 2	Goals	five players 2

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July 19, 2011 09:30	Report	Uzbekistan	6–22	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Menendez (CUB), Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–6, 1–7, 2–3
		Sarancha 2	Goals	Alogbo 5

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July 21, 2011 19:40	Report	New Zealand	4–11	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–2, 0–2
		four players 1	Goals	Csikos 4

Quarterfinals

July 25, 2011 21:00	Report	Canada	7–9	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 850 Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–3, 0–1
		Csikos 3	Goals	Sun Yating 3

Classification 5–8

July 27, 2011 12:10	Report	United States	8–4	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 2–1, 2–1
		Petri 2	Goals	Csikos 2

Seventh place game

July 29, 2011 09:30	Report	Canada	7–8	Netherlands	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–3, 3–4, 1–1
		Csikos 3	Goals	three players 2

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