Emily Overholt

Emily Overholt

Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full name Emily Overholt
National team  Canada
Born (1997-10-04) October 4, 1997
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club West Vancouver Otters

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 School. 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]

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Despite hampered by a hamstring injury, Overholt qualified for the 400m medley final and finished fifth.[8] When Brittany MacLean could not attend the 4 × 200 m relay qualifying heats due to illness, Overholt replaced her and helped the team reach the finals.[9] Canada went on to win a bronze medal.[10]

References

  1. Glasgow 2014 profile
  2. Chase, Sean (3 August 2014). "Commonwealth Games victories for Alyson Ackman". Daily Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 Overholt takes on the world
  4. 1 2 Stars of the Pan Am Games: Emily Overholt inspired Canadians
  5. Emily Overholt making waves at UBC
  6. Bowmile, Mitchh (9 August 2015). "Emily Overholt Destroys 400m IM Canadian Record For Bronze". SwimSwam. 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.
  7. "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. Canada wins bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay
  9. Resilient relay joins Condorelli in Olympic finals; Oleksiak, Smith Van Landeghem reach semis
  10. Canadian women win bronze in 4x200 metre swim relay
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