Aimee Canny
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamUniversity of Virginia

Aimee Canny (born 21 November 2003) is a South African swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

2022–2023

In April 2022, at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Canny swam a 2022 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time of 1:58.34 in the 200 metre freestyle in the final to win the gold medal.[3] She was named to the South Africa team in swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in June.[4]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England starting in July, Canny placed ninth in the 200 metre freestyle with a time of 2:00.10.[5] The following day, she helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in 3:40.31, swimming the lead-off leg of the relay in 54.84 seconds.[6] Day three, she led-off the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a 1:58.72 to contribute to a final time of 8:02.28 and a fourth-place finish.[7] She followed up her fourth-place finish with a fourth-ranked time of 55.27 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle the following morning, qualifying for the semifinals.[8] Lowering her time to 54.78 in the semifinals, she qualified for the final ranking sixth.[9][10] With a time of 54.88 seconds in the final on day five, she placed sixth.[11][12] Later in the session, she anchored the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in the final, helping place fourth in a time of 3:44.38, which was a new African record and South African record.[13] She helped set new African and South African records in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay as well, contributing to a fourth-place finish in a time of 3:59.63 by splitting a 53.80 for the freestyle portion of the relay.[14]

First collegiate season

At the first meet of her collegiate career, a dual meet against the Virginia Tech Hokies in January 2023, Canny won the 200 yard freestyle for her team, the Virginia Cavaliers, contributing to an overall victory for the Cavaliers.[15] The following month, she achieved another win in the 200 yard freestyle, this time at the 2023 Cavalier Invitational, with a pool record and personal best time of 1:42.78 and helped achieve a 1-2 finish with her teammate Gretchen Walsh.[16][17]

Starting competition on day one of the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, 14 February, Canny split the fastest time of all relay swimmers in the women's 4×200 yard freestyle relay with a 1:42.79 for the second leg to contribute to a conference title-winning time of 6:55.15.[18][19] The following day, she won the b-final of the 200 yard individual medley with a personal best time of 1:55.90.[20] For her third event, the 200 yard freestyle on day three, she placed second in the final with a personal best time of 1:42.62.[20][21] The next evening, she helped set new US Open and NCAA records in the 4×100 yard medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg to contribute to the winning time of 3:21.80.[20][22][23] In her final event of the Championships, she finished in a time of 48.16 seconds in the final of the 100 yard freestyle to place seventh, which followed a personal best time of 48.05 seconds in the morning preliminaries.[20][24]

The following month, on day one of the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships, Canny led-off the 4×200 yard freestyle relay with a personal best time of 1:42.34 to contribute to an NCAA title-winning and pool record time of 6:49.82.[25][26] Day two, she placed nineteenth in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:56.10.[25] In the 200 yard freestyle on day three, she won the bronze medal with a time of 1:42.50.[25] She won her second NCAA title later in the day in the 4×100 yard medley relay, where she swam the freestyle leg of the relay in 47.27 seconds to help finish in a new pool record time of 3:22.39.[25][27] On the final day, she started off with a personal best time of 47.98 seconds in the morning preliminaries of the 100 yard freestyle before placing fourteenth overall, sixth in the evening b-final (consolation final), with a time of 48.10 seconds.[25][28]

2023 South Africa Championships

Day one of the 2023 South Africa National Championships, conducted in long course metres in April in Gqeberha, Canny achieved a personal best time and a qualifying time of 1:58.20 for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the 200 metre freestyle in the morning preliminaries.[29] She won the gold medal in the final with a personal best time of 1:57.82.[30] On the second morning, she achieved a personal best time of 2:16.97 in the preliminaries of the 200 metre individual medley.[31] She lowered her personal best time in the evening final to a 2:13.35, winning the silver medal less than two seconds behind gold medalist Rebecca Meder.[32] She won a second national title in an individual event on the third evening, finishing first in the final of the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 54.65 seconds.[33] On the fourth day, she won the silver medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 25.41 seconds.[34]

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
50 m freestyle 25.29 sf 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary 24 August 2019 15 [35]
100 m freestyle 54.65 2023 South Africa National Championships Gqeberha 14 April 2023 19 [33]
200 m freestyle 1:57.82 2023 South Africa National Championships Gqeberha 12 April 2023 19 [30]
200 m individual medley 2:13.35 2023 South Africa National Championships Gqeberha 13 April 2023 19 [32]

Legend: sf – semifinal

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
100 yd freestyle 47.98 h 2023 NCAA Championships Knoxville, United States 18 March 2023 19 [25]
200 yd freestyle 1:42.34 r 2023 NCAA Championships Knoxville, United States 15 March 2023 19 [25]
200 yd individual medley 1:55.90 b 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Greensboro, United States 15 February 2023 19 [20]

Legend: h – preliminary heat; b – b-final; r – relay 1st leg

References

  1. ↑ "Aimee Canny". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ↑ du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022). "Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad". ESPN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results". Longines. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results". Longines. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Double silver and bronze for Team SA on another successful night for SA in the pool". Swimming South Africa. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals". Swimming South Africa. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  15. ↑ Newton, Matt (15 January, 2023). "No. 1 UVA Women's Swim & Dive Crushes Virginia Tech 207-91". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  16. ↑ Hy-Tek (5 February 2023). "2023 Cavalier Invitational: Results". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  17. ↑ Turnbull, Fiona (7 February 2023). "Swim and dive teams host Cavalier Invite, set records". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  18. ↑ Rieder, David (14 February 2023). "2023 ACC Championships: Virginia Women, NC State Men Open Up Early Advantages". Swimming World. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Virginia Wins Two Relays, Sets American Record on ACC Championship Day One". Virginia Cavaliers. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Hy-Tek (14 February 2023). "Meet Results: 2023 ACC Championship". sidearmstats.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "Virginia Sweeps Women's Swimming Events on Thursday at ACC Championships". Virginia Cavaliers. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  22. ↑ Dornan, Ben (17 February 2023). "UVA Hits 3:21.80 NCAA Record In 400 Medley Relay, Douglass Splits 48.25 On Fly". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  23. ↑ Rieder, David (17 February 2023). "Virginia Women Break Third Relay Record of ACCs in 400 Medley Relay; Douglass Splits 48.25 on Butterfly". Swimming World. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  24. ↑ "Virginia Women Win Fourth-Straight ACC Championship". Virginia Cavaliers. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hy-Tek (15 March 2023). "Meet Results: 2023 NCAA DI Women's Swimming & Diving". swimmeetresults.tech. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  26. ↑ "Virginia Wins Two Relay Titles at NCAA Championships". Virginia Cavaliers. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  27. ↑ "No. 1 Virginia Wins Four Titles, Sets Two NCAA Records at NCAA Championships". Virginia Cavaliers. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Virginia Wins Third Straight NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship". Virginia Cavaliers. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  29. ↑ SwimSA TV (12 April 2023). "SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 1". YouTube. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  30. 1 2 "Campionati Sudafrica. Giorno 1. Pieter Coetze: 100 dorso (52.78) Rec Africa. Tatjana Schoenmaker: 100 rana (1.05.82)" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  31. ↑ SwimSA TV (13 April 2023). "SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 2". YouTube. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  32. 1 2 SwimSA TV (13 April 2023). "SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 2 Finals". YouTube. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  33. 1 2 SwimSA TV (14 April 2023). "SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 3 Finals". YouTube. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  34. ↑ SwimSA TV (15 April 2023). "SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 4 Finals" (time stamp, 17:58 to 20:00). YouTube. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  35. ↑ FINA (24 August 2019). "7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 April 2023.


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