Aimee Canny

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Aimee Canny
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20)
Sport
SportSwimming

Aimee Canny (born 21 November 2003) is a South African swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

In April 2022, at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Canny swam a 2022 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 1:58.34 in the 200 metre freestyle in the final to win the gold medal.[3] She was named to the South Africa team in swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in June.[4]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England starting in July, Canny placed ninth in the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 2:00.10.[5] The following day, she helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in 3:40.31, swimming the lead-off leg of the relay in 54.84 seconds.[6] Day three, she led-off the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a 1:58.72 to contribute to a final time of 8:02.28 and a fourth-place finish.[7] She followed up her fourth-place finish with a fourth-ranked time of 55.27 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle the following morning, qualifying for the semifinals.[8] Lowering her time to a 54.78 in the semifinals, she qualified for the final ranking sixth.[9][10] With a time of 54.88 seconds in the final on day five, she placed sixth.[11][12] Later in the session, she anchored the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in the final, helping place fourth in a time of 3:44.38, which was a new African record and South African record.[13] She helped set new African and South African records in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay as well, contributing to a fourth-place finish in a time of 3:59.63 by splitting a 53.80 for the freestyle portion of the relay.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Aimee Canny". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022). "Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad". ESPN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results". Longines. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results". Longines. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Double silver and bronze for Team SA on another successful night for SA in the pool". Swimming South Africa. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals". Swimming South Africa. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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