Penny Oleksiak
- January 4, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
Penny Oleksiak Biography
| Name | Penny Oleksiak |
| Birthday | Jun 13 |
| Birth Year | 2000 |
| Place Of Birth | Toronto |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Penny Oleksiak is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on June 13, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the very first Canadian to be awarded four medals in the same Olympic events, including the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, silver in the 100 meter butterfly and two bronzes from the relay for women’s freestyle.
She was tied with the record set by swimmer She tied swimmer Simone Manuel for the Olympic record in the 100 meter freestyle at the 2016 Olympics. for the Olympic record in the 100-meter freestyle in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
On day six, Oleksiak was seventh at the 50-metre turn of the 100 m freestyle, and eventually surged for a gold medal finish, tied with Simone Manuel and setting an Olympic record of 52.70. Oleksiak is the youngest Canadian to become an Olympic champion, the first to win four Summer Olympics medals in the same edition, and has the second most medals of the country in a single edition after Cindy Klassen in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is also the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an individual Olympic gold. Day eight marked Oleksiak’s fifth Olympic race and the only one she did not medal in that edition, being the butterfly swimmer of the 4 × 100 m medley relay that finished in fifth place. It was announced the morning of the closing ceremony that Oleksiak would be Canada’s flag bearer for the event. Just days before the closing ceremony, Penny quietly returned to her home in Toronto for two days to go to Canada’s Wonderland with her friends, before heading back to Rio.
Returning to the pool on day five, Oleksiak again had a record breaking qualifier followed by a relay medal. She broke the world junior record of the 100 m freestyle with 52.72, the second fastest time of the qualifying heats, and anchored the 4×200 m freestyle relay, again winning the bronze (along with Katerine Savard, Taylor Ruck, and Brittany MacLean). Oleksiak’s leg time of 1:54.94 was the 4th fastest in the field after the three medalists of the 200 m freestyle.
She is the eldest among five brothers and sisters. All of her siblings have athletic backgrounds which includes the brother Jamie who plays playing in the NHL.
Penny Oleksiak Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Penny Oleksiak is one of the richest Swimmer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Penny Oleksiak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She was urged to learn to swim by her father. She also began to learn how to swim in a nearby pool. She started playing competitively in the sport at the age of nine.
She was the youngest Canadian Olympic champion at 16 years old in at the Summer Olympics.
Penelope Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in the freestyle and butterfly events. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Summer Games and the country’s youngest Olympic champion, with a gold in the 100 m freestyle, a silver in the 100 m butterfly, and two bronzes in the women’s freestyle relays (4×100 m and 4×200 m). With her gold medal win, she became the first athlete born in the 2000s to claim an Olympic gold medal in an individual event.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 1 in |
Penny Oleksiak height 6 ft 1 in Penny weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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Oleksiak would compete for Canada’s swimming team at the Rio 2016 Olympics in five races. Her competition began on day one. In the heats of the 100 m butterfly, she broke the national record and world junior record with a time of 56.73 on her way to the semi-finals. Oleksiak also anchored the final leg of the women’s 4×100 m freestyle relay team with Taylor Ruck, Chantal van Landeghem, Sandrine Mainville, and Michelle Williams with the latter only swimming in the heat. In the final of the relay event she held on to the third position against the United States and Australia, winning Canada’s first Olympic medal in the women’s freestyle relay in 40 years. After the race, the 16 year old said “No one really expected this of Canada coming into the meet, but now that we are here, people are going to be surprised at what we do.”
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Penny Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Penny Oleksiak celebrates birthday on June 13 of every year.
In December 2016 Oleksiak participated in the short course world championships in the Canadian city of Windsor. Being her first international competition following the Olympics, in front of her own crowd, Oleksiak was the centre of attentions of fans and media. Oleksiak won a bronze medal in the women’s 100 metre freestyle on the third day of competition, breaking her 3rd World Junior record and two days later helped the Canadian team win gold in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relays. In the final day of competition, Oleksiak anchored Canada to another gold, in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, and a silver medal at the 4 × 100 metre medley relay. Canada also finished third in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, but wound up disqualified.
What is Penny Oleksiak best stroke?
Individually, Oleksiak captured bronze in the 200-m freestyle in a personal best time, and broke the Canadian record in the 100-m freestyle where she finished fourth. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak won four medals including a gold in the 100-m freestyle.
What happened Penny Oleksiak?
She shot to superstardom seemingly overnight at just 16 years old, becoming the first Canadian athlete to win four medals at a Summer Olympics. But in the weeks, months and years that followed overwhelming success, Oleksiak was plagued with injury and mental health struggles.
Why is Penny Oleksiak important?
The youngest Canadian Gold medallist for Canada, Oleksiak also became the first Canadian athlete to win four medals at a single summer Games. Anchoring the 4x100m freestyle relay to bronze, Oleksiak and teammate Taylor Ruck became the first ever Olympic medallists born in the 21st century.
What is Penny Oleksiak best event?
2020 Summer Olympics Appearing at the Canadian Olympic swim trials for her first proper competition since the pandemic, Oleksiak won the 100 m event with a time of 52.89 seconds, her fastest since the Rio Olympics and the fourth-best women’s 100 m time to that point in the year.
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