Luke Patrick Reilly (born November 23, 1995) is an American-born Canadian medley swimmer. He is an international medalist and a multiple time national champion in multiple events. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Richmond, British Columbia.[1][2] He trains with the Vancouver National Swim Centre.
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| Full name | Luke Patrick Reilly | |||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 23, 1995 (age 28) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190.5 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jozsef Nagy | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2015, Luke competed at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. He won a silver medal in the 400 meter individual medley.
In 2016 Luke was left off of the Rio Olympic team. Although he missed the Swimming Canada imposed cut by 0.03, he met the Olympic requirements and won the 400 m by 4 seconds. He also won the 200IM. In the winter of 2015, Luke designed a line of loungewear. However, after missing the Rio Olympics, the line was discontinued.
Despite having a back injury, Luke competed in the 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei City in August 2017, where he took part in both the 400 m individual medley and 200 m individual medley, being eliminated in the heats with a time of 4:24.51 and the semifinals with a time of 2:03.44 respectively.
He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished seventh in the 400 m individual medley and eighth in the same event at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ Stewart, Mel (December 3, 2013). "National Swim Centre meets young swimmer's current and future goals". SwimSwam.
Reilly, the oldest of three children, was actually born in Dallas, where his father was doing his residency for medical school. The family stayed there for only a few weeks after he was born.
- ^ a b "Luke Reilly". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. April 16, 2015.
- ^ "29th Summer Universiade - Taipei City 2017 - Main Results". www.fisu.net. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Luke Reilly". swimswam.com. SwimSwam.
External links
edit- Luke Reilly at Swimming Canada
- Luke Patrick Reilly at World Aquatics
- Luke Reilly at Team Canada
- Luke Reilly at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)