Annamay Pierse
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| Full name | Annamay Pierse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Anners", "Ammie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada
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| Born |
December 5, 1983 Toronto, Ontario |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pacific Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annamay Pierse (born December 5, 1983) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in major international swimming championships including the Summer Olympics, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships.
Pierse grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the oldest of five sisters – all competitive swimmers – with and one older and one younger brother.
Pierese was a breaststroke specialist and the holder of several Canadian records both long course and short course. She was formerly the world record-holder in the 200-metre long course breaststroke until Rebecca Soni beat her time by 12 hundredths of a second during the 200-metre semifinals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
On April 2, 2008 she placed first at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 100-metre breaststroke thereby qualifying her for the Summer Olympic games in Beijing. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished in sixth in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke. She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay.
Pierse represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed in the following events:
On March 14, 2009 at the University of Toronto pool, Pierse broke the world short course record in the 200 m breaststroke. Posting a time of 2:17.50. The Previous record was 2:17.75 belonging to Leisel Jones.
She was awarded a new Pontiac Car from a local dealer sponsoring the event who promised a new car to any athlete breaking a world record. A local Speedo dealer also awarded her $2,500 for the feat.
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