Full name Annamay Pierse Height 1.79 m Nickname(s) "Anners", "Ammie" Club Pacific Dolphins Weight 58 kg | Name Annamay Pierse Spouse Mark Oldershaw (m. 2015) Role Olympic athlete Marriage location Can, Canada | |
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Canadian athletes now fund annamay pierse swimming
Annamay Pierse (born December 5, 1983) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in major international swimming championships including the Summer Olympics, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships.
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- Canadian athletes now fund annamay pierse swimming
- Annamay pierse with world record from universal sports
- 2009 Canadian Nationals
- 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
- References
Pierse grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the oldest of five sisters – all competitive swimmers – with and one older and one younger brother.
Pierese was a breaststroke specialist and the holder of several Canadian records both long course and short course. She was formerly the world record-holder in the 200-metre long course breaststroke until Rebecca Soni beat her time by 12 hundredths of a second during the 200-metre semifinals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
On April 2, 2008 she placed first at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 100-metre breaststroke thereby qualifying her for the Summer Olympic games in Beijing. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished in sixth in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke. She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay.
Annamay pierse with world record from universal sports
Pierse represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed in the following events:
2009 Canadian Nationals
On March 14, 2009 at the University of Toronto pool, Pierse broke the world short course record in the 200 m breaststroke. Posting a time of 2:17.50. The Previous record was 2:17.75 belonging to Leisel Jones.
She was awarded a new Pontiac Car from a local dealer sponsoring the event who promised a new car to any athlete breaking a world record. A local Speedo dealer also awarded her $2,500 for the feat.
Thanks to this achievement, Pierese also won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) female athlete of the year award for 2008-09.
2009 World Aquatics Championships
Pierse set a new world mark in the 200 m long course breaststroke at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, with a time of 2:20.12 in the semi-finals. 1/10 of a second faster than the previous world record, Rebecca Soni set at the Beijing Olympics. However, in the finals, she faded down the final 50m and placed second (2:21.84) to the surprise victor Nadja Higl of Serbia.
2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Pierse brought home a Bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke from these Championships; Being behind Rebecca Soni, and Leisel Jones. Pierse said that this Pan Pac Bronze medal was more memorable than winning her World Championship medal. She had a rough year due to an illness and missed months of training.