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| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-01-08)January 8, 2001 (age 24) Leeds, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | High Performance Centre – Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Finlay Knox (born January 8, 2001) is a Canadian competitiveswimmer.[2][3]
Knox was born in England, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was two years old. Knox's family emigrated to Canada when he was seven.[1]
Knox was named to his first Canadian national team at the2018 Summer Youth Olympics held inBuenos Aires, Argentina. At this event, Knox won bronze in the 200 m individual medley[4] The following year, Knox won two medals at the2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships inBudapest.[5]
As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials inToronto, Knox broke thenational record in the 200 individual medley event, with a time of 1:58.07. This qualified him for the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo.[6][7][8][9] Knox placed seventeenth in the heats of themen's 200 m individual medley, 0.14 seconds behind Japan'sDaiya Seto, and thus missed qualifying to the semi-finals.[10]
Knox was part ofCanada's team for the2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze with the men's team in the4×100 m freestyle. He was the only member of the team to swim in both the heats and the final. This was the first men's relay medal for Canada at a major event since the2015 Pan American Games, and the first at the Commonwealth Games since2006.[11] Knox also reached the finals of the100 m butterfly and the200 m medley, placing fourth in the latter.[12]
Later that same year, Knox participated in the2022 FINA World Swimming Championships inMelbourne. He won a bronze medal in the200 m individual medley, his first individual medal at a major senior championship. He said afterward that a series of disappointments at recent championships had "lit a fire in my stomach and coming into this worlds I just didn’t want to let that happen again."[13] He went on to claim a second bronze medal in the100 m individual medley, joining fellow CanadianJavier Acevedo on the podium.[14]
At the2023 World Aquatics Championships inFukuoka, Knox was added to the Canadian4×100 m freestyle relay team for the first time. The team ultimately finished fifth.[15] He also participated in the4×200 m freestyle relay, where the Canadian team set its fastest time since 2009, but did not qualify to the final.[16] Subsequently, Knox was part of theCanadian delegation to the2023 Pan American Games, where he won four bronze medals in relay events and took the gold in the 200 m individual medley.[17]
While many of Canada's top swimmers opted to skip the2024 World Aquatics Championships inDoha, Knox was named to the team.[18] Competing in the200 m individual medley, Knox reached the final. Third through the first three segments, he surged into first place in the closing freestyle section, winning the World title. He became the first Canadian man to win a World Aquatics gold medal sinceBrent Hayden in2007.[19][20]
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