Katrina Bellio (born August 1, 2004) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in the freestyle.[1][2]
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| National team |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 1, 2004 Mississauga, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2019, Bellio won a bronze medal at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, as part of the 4x200 women's freestyle relay.
As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Bellio won the 1500 metre freestyle race. This qualified her for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4][5]
At the 2020 Olympics, Bellio participated in the first ever Olympic heat for the women's 1500 metre freestyle, and won the heat in a time of 16:24.37, which the arena announcer, and some media, reported would be recorded as the first-ever Olympic record in the event.[6][7] However, the sport's governing body FINA subsequently clarified that the initial record would only be established after all five heats (with the fastest heat time ultimately being recorded by Katie Ledecky).[6] Despite winning her heat, Bellio placed 21st overall in the heats and did not advance to the final.[7]
In 2022, Bellio was named to Canada's World Championship and Commonwealth Games teams for the first time. On the first day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, she qualified to her first senior championship final, finishing seventh in the 200 m freestyle.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Katrina Bellio". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Katrina Bellio". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "26 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic swimming team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 Swimming Team Announced". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (24 June 2021). "Team Canada to have 26 swimmers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Olympics Latest: Japan upsets China in table tennis". MSN. Associated Press. July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Harrison, Doug (July 26, 2021). "Oleksiak qualifies for freestyle swimming semis after pushing Ledecky for top spot". CBC.ca. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Summer McIntosh wins gold, Canada adds relay bronze to open Commonwealth Games". Swimming Canada. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
