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Full name | Geneviève Saumur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Montreal, Quebec |
June 23, 1987 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Piscines du Parc Olympique | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Geneviève Saumur (born June 23, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.
She currently holds the 200-metre freestyle (short-course and long-course) Canadian national record.
She has swum for Canada at:
She won a silver medal at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships as a member of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team, and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 8th place in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.
As of 2008, Saumur is studying at Ahuntsic CEGEP.