Finlay Knox

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Finlay Knox
Personal information
National team Canada
Born (2001-01-08) January 8, 2001 (age 20)
Leeds, England[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
ClubHigh Performance Centre - Ontario
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Canada
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 200 m individual medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 200 m individual medley

Finlay Knox (born January 8, 2001) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.[2][3]

Career[]

Knox was born in England, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was two years old. Knox's family emigrated to Canada when he was seven.[1]

Knox was named to his first Canadian national team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At this event, Knox won bronze in the 200 m individual medley[4] In 2019, Knox won two medals at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest.[5]

As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Knox broke the national record in the 200 individual medley event, with a time of 1:58.07. This qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6][7][8][9] Knox placed seventeenth in the heats of the men's 200 m individual medley, 0.14 seconds behind Japan's Daiya Seto, and thus missed qualifying to the semi-finals.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Finlay Knox". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Finlay Knox". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Swimming - Finlay Knox". www.the-sports.org/. Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Promising junior, youth teams named after successful Canadian Championships". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Kristina Walker". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ Greer, Remy (22 June 2021). "Record swim qualifies Okotokian for Olympics". Airdrie Today. Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ^ "26 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic swimming team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 Swimming Team Announced". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. ^ Nichols, Paula (24 June 2021). "Team Canada to have 26 swimmers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ O'Nyons, Harrison (28 July 2021). "Locals Gather to Watch Okotokian at Tokyo Olympics". www.highriveronline.com. High River Online. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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