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Penny Oleksiak

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Penelope Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians. Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Summer Games, and the country's youngest Olympic champion with her gold medal win in the 100 m freestyle. She was the first athlete born in the 2000s to claim an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Penny Oleksiak is the 713th most popular swimmer (up from 730th in 2024), the 1,709th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,614th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Penny Oleksiak ranks 713 out of 709. Before her are Kylie Palmer, Cecilia Biagioli, Zhao Jing, Katerine Savard, Sebastiaan Verschuren, and Katie Meili. After her are Patrick Murphy, Michelle Coleman, Felicity Galvez, David Aubry, Clément Mignon, and Marc-Antoine Olivier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000, Penny Oleksiak ranks 498. Before her are Ibrahim Bayesh, Jay Gorter, Jun Chen, Daphne van Domselaar, Zhang Boheng, and Bobby Prince. After her are Atle Lie McGrath, Ethan Vernon, Djed Spence, Sekou Doumbouya, Liberato Cacace, and Shukria Asil.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Penny Oleksiak ranks 1,710 out of 1,622. Before her are Holly Taylor (1997), Katerine Savard (1993), Pascal Dion (1994), Kirk Maltby (1972), Terri Clark (1968), and Ashley Leggat (1986). After her are King Bach (1988), Alyson Court (1973), Sophie Schmidt (1988), Neeru Bajwa (1980), Taylor Hall (1991), and Lucas Makowsky (1987).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Penny Oleksiak ranks 15. Before her are Summer McIntosh (2006), Michelle Cameron (1962), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Karen Clark (1972), Brent Hayden (1983), and Katerine Savard (1993). After her are Ryan Cochrane (1988), Sandrine Mainville (1992), Kylie Masse (1996), Yuri Kisil (1995), Rebecca Smith (2000), and Ilya Kharun (2005).

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