1. Katerine Savard was born on May 26,1993 and is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specializes in women's butterfly events and freestyle relay.
17 Facts About Katerine Savard
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Katerine Savard holds several Canadian national records in the butterfly over the 50-, 100-, and 200-metre distances in both the short and long courses.
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Katerine Savard won the gold medal at the 100-metre butterfly event at the 2013 Summer Universiade, held in Kazan.
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Katerine Savard won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 100-metre butterfly in Glasgow, where she set the Commonwealth record in the process.
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Katerine Savard continued to meet her Aquaventure 4 certification, where she stands out for her excellent technique in several strokes and was invited to join the sports team Swim Club UNIK from Pont-Rouge.
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Katerine Savard takes more taste for competitions and decided in 2006, at age 13, to join the swim club CSQ at Quebec City which offers the Sport-Study swimming in high school the Camaradiere.
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Katerine Savard joined her first and only Canadian junior team in 2009 and made her first Canadian record in 2011.
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Katerine Savard ended the year with the seventh world ranking position in this race.
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Katerine Savard ended the year with the fifth world ranking position in this race.
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At the 2013 World Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, Katerine Savard broke the Universiade record in the 100-metre butterfly, while acquiring a medal in the 50-metre butterfly at the games.
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Katerine Savard later failed to advance to the final finishing 8th in her heat and a 16th final placement.
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Katerine Savard participated in the 2012 Mare Nostrum where she won six medals.
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Katerine Savard completed the circuit as the third best swimmer.
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In September 2017, Katerine Savard was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.
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Katerine Savard was replaced by Penny Oleksiak in the event final, but shared in the team's first-ever silver medal win at the World Championships in a relay.
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Katerine Savard was replaced in the final by Taylor Ruck, and shared in the team's bronze medal win.
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Katerine Savard played the main role as a swimmer in Pascal Plante's film Nadia, Butterfly.