WOG Kelsey Lauren

Canada

Swimming

Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: REGINA, SK

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : WINNIPEG, MB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke
	Women's 200m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 4	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 4	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Breast	200Breast	200IndMed	4x100Free W	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2014	Nanjing, CHN	H (27.07)	SF (1:10.60)	6th (2:29.89)	8th (2:17.86)	8th (3:54.03)	5th (4:10.73)	H (4:05.06)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Breast	200IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	6th (2:25.14)	SF (2:12.96)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	200IndMed	4x100Medley W
2018	Tokyo, JPN	7th (1:07.91)	5th (2:24.73)	6th (2:12.08)	4th (3:55.14)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Breast	4x50Medley W
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	2nd (2:18.52)	4th (1:46.00)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Taking care of her pets, baking, rafting, spending time with friends. (californiaprunes.ca, 10 Nov 2020)

Occupation:

Student

Education:

Agricultural Studies, Food Technology - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

University of Manitoba [Winnipeg, MB, CAN]

Coach:

Vlastik Cerny [club]

Other sports:

She competed in highland dancing at junior national level events in Canada. "Dancing gave me a lot of body awareness and strength before swimming. That really helped me when I was first learning how to swim." (swimming.ca, 04 Jul 2019; mbhighlanddance.com, 14 May 2014)

Start:

She took up swimming at age seven. (cscm.ca, 01 Jan 2017)

Reason:

"I started swimming at age seven, with the I Can Swim programme. From lessons I went to being competitive. As a kid I had one instructor who said I could be really good, but didn't know until 13 or 14 that I was good at breaststroke. I started highland dance when I was four or five. I always hated swimming as a kid, but stopped hating it and started liking it when I won my first provincials or something." (cscm.ca, 08 Dec 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cbc.ca, 26 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"My race day goal is always to stay present and race what I have trained." (californiaprunes.ca, 10 Nov 2020)

Award:

She was named 2019/20 Female Athlete of the Year by U Sports while representing the University of Manitoba in Canada. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 26 Jun 2020)

She was named 2019/20 Female Athlete of the Year by the Canada West Universities Athletic Association while representing the University of Manitoba in Canada. (news.umanitoba.ca, 07 May 2020)

She was named 2018/19 and 2019/20 Female Athlete of the Year at the Brown and Gold Awards, an annual event held by the University of Manitoba in Canada. (gobisons.ca, 27 Mar 2020; news.umanitoba.ca, 01 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
STAYING IN CANADA
She said she preferred to stay in Canada after graduating high school, rather than swimming in the US collegiate system. In 2016 she began swimming for the University of Manitoba. "When I was in grade 12, I was looking into schools, mostly in Canada because I wanted to stay in Canada. I knew the NCAA route wasn't for me. I just really enjoy living at home and I have so much support here from my family and parents. There was also a programme in Canada that I liked and I've just made some really good connections with my coach, the strength and conditioning coach, and like my massage therapist. I don't think I could have left all that." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 18 Mar 2020; news.umanitoba.ca, 03 Apr 2017; globalnews.ca, 19 Dec 2016)

LONG-TIME COACH
She joined the University of Manitoba's junior swimming programme in the 2006/07 season. She first met coach Vlastik Cerny at age 10. "Vlast and I, I thought our relationship was good in previous years, but this year [speaking in 2020] it has gotten so much better. We've really talked about sticking with the process and taking each day as it comes, and still giving my best every day." (gobisons.ca, 05 Mar 2020; canadawest.prestosports.com, 08 Dec 2015)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/kelseywog

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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