Cole Pratt
Cole Pratt in 2020
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002[1]
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada[1]
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley
ClubCascade Swim Club
Toronto Titans Swim Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Canada
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Suva 200 m backstroke

Cole Pratt (born 13 August 2002) is a Canadian swimmer who competes primarily in the backstroke and individual medley races.[2][3]

Career

Pratt competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships[4] in the men's 200 m backstroke, where he finished twenty-sixth overall; as well as the 200 metre individual medley where he finished thirty-sixth. At the 2019 World Junior Championships he competed in the 50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay (men & mixed), and the 4x100 metre medley relays (men & mixed). He won a bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay swimming the backstroke leg in 54.79.[5]

Pratt broke the men's 200 m backstroke Canadian record SCM at the December 2019 Ontario Junior International[6] (OJI) swim meet in a time of 1:51.30.[7] He is tied for the record for the most medals ever won at a single Canada Games by a male athlete with ten. Pratt won those ten medals including five gold at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg.[8]

During the 2020–21 season of the International Swimming League, Pratt joined the league's expansion team the Toronto Titans.[9][10] In June 2021, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] Pratt finished twenty-sixth in the heats of the 100 m backstroke.[12]

Personal

His older sister Halle Pratt competes as a member of Canada's artistic swimming team.[13] Halle and Cole were one of three sets of siblings that represented Canada at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cole Pratt". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Calgary teen making splash on national stage". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Cole Pratt". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 200m Backstroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Results | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Cole Pratt Takes Down Markus Thormeyer's 200 Backstroke Canadian Record". SwimSwam. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Records". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Henderson & Pratt Set Themselves Apart At 2017 Canada Summer Games". SwimSwam. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Home". International Swimming League. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "ISL Rosters: Sanchez & Masse Head New Toronto Titans Roster For ISL Season 2". SwimSwam. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Canada's young swim talent books Tokyo berths at Olympic trials". KitchenerToday.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Harrison, Doug (25 July 2021). "Kylie Masse loses Olympic backstroke record minutes after winning heat". CBC Sports. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ↑ Brandon McNeil (11 April 2019). "Calgary teen making splash on national stage". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Team Canada to take 371 athletes to Tokyo 2020". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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