Joshua Liendo

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Joshua Liendo
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Liendo Edwards
National team Canada
Born (2002-08-20) August 20, 2002 (age 19)
Markham, Ontario
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubHigh Performance Centre - Ontario
CoachBen Titley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (SC) 1 0 2
World Junior Championships 0 1 2
Total 1 1 4
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley

Joshua Liendo Edwards (born August 20, 2002) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in the freestyle and butterfly.[1][2]

Career[]

Liendo was named to his first national team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3]

2019 World Championships[]

Liendo's first senior team was at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, where he competed in the 4x100 men's medley.[4] The team finished in 10th place and did not qualify for the finals.

2019 World Junior Championships[]

Later in the year, Liendo won 3 medals at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, and for that performance was named as Swimming Canada's junior male swimmer of the year.[5] At a time when Swimming Canada was enjoying enormous success with it's women's program while the men's program was struggling, Liendo was widely identified as perhaps the most promising emerging talent on the men's side.[6]

2020 Summer Olympics[]

Trials[]

As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Liendo broke the national record in the 100 m butterfly event, with a time of 51.40. This qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7][8][9][10]

Tokyo[]

Liendo competed in three individual events in Tokyo (the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly), but did not advance beyond the semi-finals in any of them. He was part of the Canadian team in the 4x100 m freestyle relay that unexpectedly qualified to the event final and the finished in fourth place, 0.60 seconds back of a bronze medal.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Joshua Liendo". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming - Joshua Liendo". www.the-sports.org/. Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Promising junior, youth teams named after successful Canadian Championships". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ Sutherland, James (7 April 2021). "Canada Names 25 to 2019 World Championship Team". www.swimswam.com/. SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ Ross, Andy (20 December 2019). "Emma O'Croinin, Joshua Liendo Named Swimming Canada Junior Swimmers of the Year". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/. Sports Publications, Inc. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b De George, Matthew (August 5, 2021). "With Brent Hayden Leading, Youthful Canadian Men's Program Shows Promise in Tokyo". Swimming World. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Dornan, Ben (19 June 2021). "Canadian Trials: Liendo Blasts 51.40 Canadian 100 Fly Record During Prelims". www.swimswam.com/. SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "26 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic swimming team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 Swimming Team Announced". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ Nichols, Paula (24 June 2021). "Team Canada to have 26 swimmers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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