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Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
Geneviève Saumur
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Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
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Birth:
23 June 1987(Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec)
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Biography
Geneviève Saumur (born June 23, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.
She currently holds the 200-metre freestyle (short-course and long-course) Canadian national record.
She has swum for Canada at:
- 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
- 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- 2008 Olympics
- 2007 World Championships
- 2006 Pan Pacs
- 2006 Commonwealth Games
She won a silver medal at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships as a member of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team, and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 8th place in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.
As of 2008, Saumur is studying at Ahuntsic CEGEP.