Audrey Lacroix

Audrey Lacroix (born November 17, 1983) is a retired Canadian competitive swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record-holder in the 200-metre butterfly (short-course and long-course). She is a former world record-holder in the short-course 4x100-metre medley relay along with teammates Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse and Victoria Poon.[1][2] She was a member of the Canadian team that finished 8th in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay and in 7th place in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] She won the gold medal in 200-metre butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] and a bronze in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. She also swam in the 100-metre butterfly final, finishing seventh with a time of 58.78.

Audrey Lacroix
Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full nameAudrey Lacroix
National team Canada
Born (1983-11-17) November 17, 1983
Pont-Rouge, Quebec
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubPiscines du Parc Olympique
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
World Championships (25m)
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Indianapolis200 m butterfly
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 4x100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 4x100 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 200 m butterfly

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "Senior Female 25m". Swimming.ca. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  2. "Senior Female 50m". Swimming.ca. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Audrey Lacroix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  4. "Audrey Lacroix swims to Commonwealth gold". CBC Sports. July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  5. "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.


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