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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Penny Oleksiak is the 629th most popular swimmer (up from 727th in 2019), the 1,552nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,614th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Penny Oleksiak ranks 629 out of 709Before her are Kylie Palmer, Cecilia Biagioli, Zhao Jing, Katerine Savard, Sebastiaan Verschuren, and Katie Meili. After her are Michelle Coleman, David Aubry, Clément Mignon, Marc-Antoine Olivier, Ryan Cochrane, and Marie Wattel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000, Penny Oleksiak ranks 499Before 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 1,553 out of 1,622Before her are Taylor Mitchell (1990), Holly Taylor (1997), Katerine Savard (1993), Pascal Dion (1994), 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 Justin Williams (1981).

Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Penny Oleksiak ranks 11Before her are Carolyn Waldo (1964), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Summer McIntosh (2006), Mark Tewksbury (1968), 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).