19 Facts About Taylor Ruck

Taylor Ruck is the all-time leading medallist at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships having won nine gold, two silver, and two bronze over the course of the 2015 and 2017 editions.

Taylor Ruck won the gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, breaking the Championships record in both the heats and the final.

Taylor Ruck won the 200 meter freestyle, again in a championship record.

Taylor Ruck was suffering from bronchitis during the trials for Canada's Olympic team and did not initially qualify, but officials took her illness into account and named her to the team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Taylor Ruck competed with Penny Oleksiak, Chantal van Landeghem, Sandrine Mainville, and Michelle Williams and swam to a bronze medal, behind Australia and the United States.

Taylor Ruck became the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an Olympic medal along with fellow Canadian swimmer and relay partner Penny Oleksiak.

Taylor Ruck won a bronze medal in the individual 200 m freestyle.

Taylor Ruck competed as part of Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team in her buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The next day Taylor Ruck kept amassing medals, winning three more Saturday evening.

Taylor Ruck took a year off from Stanford to train in Toronto with the Canadian national team under Ben Titley in anticipation of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Taylor Ruck subsequently began taking online courses at Stanford, which she considered to help.

Taylor Ruck shared in the silver medal won by the Canadian team.

Taylor Ruck had the ninth-fastest time in the semi-finals of the 100 m backstroke, missing qualification to the final by 0.15 seconds.

Taylor Ruck went on to place sixth in the heats and seventh in the semi-finals of the 200 m backstroke, qualifying to her first individual Olympic final, where she placed sixth overall.

Taylor Ruck announced afterward that she would return to Stanford for a final year.

Taylor Ruck was replaced by Kayla Sanchez in the final, but shared in the team's silver medal win.

Taylor Ruck finished the year at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, winning three relay medals.

Taylor Ruck's family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, US, before she was one year old.

Taylor Ruck attends Stanford University, starting school there in the fall of 2018.