Aurélie Rivard

Aurélie Rivard (born May 14, 1996) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer.[1] After winning three Paralympics gold medals, claiming a silver Paralympic medal and setting two World Records and a Paralympic Record at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Paraswimmer was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.[2]

Aurélie Rivard
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996
Sport
Disability classS10, SB9, SM10
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 5 3 2
World Championships 6 5 3
Commonwealth Games 0 1 1
Parapan American Games 6 1 0
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400m freestyle S10
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m individual medley SM10
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonS10 400m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100m backstroke S10
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 50m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4x100m freestyle relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Glasgow50m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Glasgow400m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira50m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira100m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester50m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester100m freestyle S10
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal400m freestyle S10
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal4x100m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal200m ind. medley SM10
Silver medal – second place2015 Glasgow200m ind. medley S10
Silver medal – second place2015 Glasgow 100m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montreal100m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montreal50m freestyle S10
Bronze medal – third place2022 Madeira100m backstroke S10
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham200m ind. medley SM10
Bronze medal – third place2014 Glasgow200m ind. medley SM10
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto50m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto100m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto400m freestyle S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto100m backstroke S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto100m butterfly S10
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto200m ind. medley S10
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto100m breaststroke SB9

She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal.[3][4]

Career

A Quebecer, she is from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, where she trained at the Club de natation du Haut-Richelieu. In 2017 she moved to Montreal and began training with Canada's High Performance Center.[5] She took up competitive swimming in 2008; with an impairment in her left hand she competes in the S10, SB9 and SM10 disability classifications.[1] She currently holds three World Records in her category.

Rivard competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships but did not win any medals. At the 2012 London Paralympics she entered six events[1] and won silver in the S10 400 m freestyle.[6] She won five medals at the 2013 World Championships including two silver, two bronze[1] and joint second place in the 200 m medley.[7] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won bronze in the 200 m individual medley.[8]

In 2014 Swimming Canada named Rivard "Female Para-Swimmer of the Year".[9]

At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Rivard, who was 19 at the time, became the most decorated female athlete of Parapan Am history, after winning seven medals, six of which were gold.[10]

References
  1. Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved December 14, 2014. (search for "Rivard")
  2. "Meet Aurelie Rivard". CBC. September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  3. archyde (August 25, 2021). "Paralympic Games: a bitter-tasting bronze medal for Aurélie Rivard". Archyde. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. "Aurélie Rivard wins Canada's first swimming medal at the Tokyo Paralympics". Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  5. "Aurelie Rivard Named Swimming Canada's Para-Swimmer of the Year". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Sports Publications, Inc. November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  6. Canadian Press (September 5, 2012). "Canadian swimmers add to Paralympic medal haul". National Post. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. "Results: Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  8. "Sophie Pascoe secures second Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014". International Paralympic Committee. August 30, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  9. "Aurelie Rivard is Swimming Canada's 2014 Para-Swimmer of the Year". CBC News. November 28, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  10. "Largest Ever Parapan Am Games Make History". Toronto 2015. August 15, 2015. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2016.


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