39 Facts About Kylie Masse

Kylie Jacqueline Masse was born on January 18,1996 and is a Canadian competitive swimmer.

Kylie Masse is currently the captain for the Toronto Titans of the International Swimming League.

Kylie Masse subsequently became the first Canadian woman to defend her world title at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Kylie Masse started swimming at a young age for the Windsor Essex Swim team and was coached by Andrei Semenov.

Kylie Masse did not achieve success in the junior ranks, and in 2014 was rated 201st overall in the global rankings.

Kylie Masse was then recruited to swim with the University of Toronto swim team, where her rapidly improving performances earned her the award for CIS swimmer of the year in both 2015 and 2016.

Kylie Masse did not qualify for the Pan American Games, to her disappointment, but was instead named to the Canadian team for the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju.

Kylie Masse won the gold medal, one of two for the Canadian team at the Universiade.

Kylie Masse won the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke, finishing behind only reigning Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu.

At the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships, Kylie Masse broke the Americas record in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 58.21, which was the fastest time ever in a textile suit and the third-fastest time in history at that time.

Kylie Masse was assigned to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

Kylie Masse became the first Canadian woman to become a world champion and first Canadian to win a title since Brent Hayden.

Kylie Masse was named as part of Canada's team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Kylie Masse set two Commonwealth Games records en route to the final.

Kylie Masse again set a Commonwealth Games record, finishing ahead of 17-year-old teammate Taylor Ruck.

Kylie Masse won the gold medal, finishing 0.11 ahead of Seebohm, though she came up short of reclaiming her world record.

Kylie Masse competed in the 200 m backstroke event, finishing in fourth place, 0.54 seconds behind bronze medallist Regan Smith.

On March 18,2020, Kylie Masse was signed to the Toronto Titans of the International Swimming League as the team captain.

Kylie Masse won the 100m backstroke with a time of 56.38 seconds.

On November 1,2020, during Match 6 of the ISL, Kylie Masse won the 50m backstroke and helped her team win the 4x100 medley relay.

On November 5,2020, during Match 7, Kylie Masse won the 50m backstroke again.

Kylie Masse set an Olympic record in her first heat, which was broken minutes later by McKeown, and then in turn by Smith.

Kylie Masse won her semi-final over McKeown, while Smith won the other with a fourth Olympic record.

Kylie Masse was again cited as one of the medal favourites, alongside McKeown and American Rhyan White, and placed second behind McKeown in both the heats and the semifinals, tying with White in the latter.

Kylie Masse won her segment of the competition with a 57.90 time, while the Canadians took the bronze medal, Kylie Masse's fourth.

Kylie Masse ended the year at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi.

Kylie Masse won the silver medal, finishing 0.18 behind Regan Smith, standing on her third consecutive World podium but missing another title defence.

Kylie Masse then placed first in the heats and semi-finals of the 50 m backstroke, qualifying to that event final for the first time.

Kylie Masse won the gold medal, her third at the World Championships, finishing 0.08 seconds ahead of American silver medallist Katharine Berkoff.

Kylie Masse won the silver medal, 0.13 seconds behind Australian Kaylee McKeown.

In what was considered a significant upset, Kylie Masse finished second in the 100 metre backstroke at the Canadian swimming trials, behind Ingrid Wilm.

Kylie Masse won both the 50 and 200 metre distances.

Kylie Masse began the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka competing in the 100 m backstroke, where she finished fourth, nearly a second behind bronze medalist Berkoff.

Kylie Masse reached the final of the 50 m backstroke next, finished fourth as well, 0.08 behind Briton Lauren Cox for the bronze medal.

Kylie Masse posted her fastest time of the week in the relay.

Kylie Masse posted a time under 58 seconds in the former and under 2:07 in the latter, in both cases her best times since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Kylie Masse ultimately came fourth, 0.31 seconds behind bronze medalist Katharine Berkoff of the United States.

Kylie Masse finished narrowly third, out-touching American Phoebe Bacon for the bronze medal by 0.04 seconds.

Kylie Masse said that the result "means a lot" following her prior disappointment in the 100 metre event.