SANCHEZ Kayla

Date of Birth: 7 Apr 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Singapore

Place of residence : TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle
	Women's 100m Freestyle
	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay CAN Canada	2
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay CAN Canada	4
	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay CAN Canada	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - Heat 7	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - Heat 9	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (DNS)	3rd (3:31.78)	4th	3rd (7:44.35)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	4th (3:33.88)	-	8th

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	200IndMed	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	7th (24.94)	6th (53.68)	5th (1:57.23)	H (DSQ)	3rd (3:34.07)	3rd (7:47.28)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200IndMed	4x100Free W	4x200Free	4x100Medley W
2017	Indianapolis, IN, USA	7th (25.33)	3rd (54.44)	2nd (2:12.64)	1st (3:36.19)	1st (7:51.47)	1st

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

Volleyball. (swimming.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

Languages spoken:

Ben Titley [national], GBR

She was affected by a shoulder injury in late 2020. (swimswam.com, 10 Oct 2020)

Her parents moved from Singapore to Canada when she was age one, and a few years later she joined a community learn-to-swim programme. (goodnewspilipinas.com, 21 Nov 2019)

Her parents encouraged her to take up swimming, and after excelling in a local swimming programme her coach advised her to join a competitive swim club. (goodnewspilipinas.com, 26 Nov 2019; viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com, 20 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
FROM SINGAPORE TO CANADA
Her father, Noel Sison Sanchez, and her mother, Susana Pramoso, are both from the Philippines and were working in Singapore when she was born. In 2002 the family migrated to Canada. (goodnewspilipinas.com, 26 Nov 2019; viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com, 20 Nov 2018)

Milestones

In November 2018 she became the first female swimmer under the age of 18 to break 24 seconds in the 50m freestyle event, when she swam a 23.94s at the North York Aquatic Club Cup in Toronto, Canada. (swimswam.com, 06 Nov 2018)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/kaylasanchez_/

Legend

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

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