Emily Overholt
Canadian swimmer
Emily Overholt (born October 4, 1997) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer. She has won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and FINA World Aquatics Championships, as well as a silver at the Commonwealth Games and three Pan American Games medals. Overholt also won three gold and a silver at the 2013 Canada Games as a representative for British Columbia.
Career
Overholt began swimming at the age of 9 with the West Vancouver Otters. Her main inspiration for being a competitive swimmer was watching Michael Phelps during the 2008 Summer Olympics, while she states her overall sports inspiration is skater-cyclist Clara Hughes.
Overholt attended the 2013 Canada Games representing British Columbia as a 15-year-old competitor. There she won gold in the individual 200 m and 400 m medleys while adding a gold and a silver in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle respectively. She next won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. Overholt's first major competitive podium finish came in Glasgow, Scotland as part of the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she competed as a sixteen-year-old and helped the relay team win a silver medal. She also anchored the team that won a bronze medal in the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
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