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Full name | Colin Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Oshawa, Ontario |
July 2, 1984 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dolphins Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Colin Russell (born July 2, 1984) is a Canadian competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Russell won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he competed in the 200 metre freestyle (finishing fourteenth), 4x100-metre freestyle relay (finishing sixth), and 4x200-metre freestyle relay (finishing fifth). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 4 x 100 and the 4 x 200 metre relays.
Russell was a MSc student in kinesiology at Brock University. His sister Sinead has also represented Canada in Olympic swimming.