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Nickname(s) | Ky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
LaSalle, Ontario |
January 18, 1996 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Windsor Essex Swim Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Toronto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Byron MacDonald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kylie Masse (born January 18, 1996) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. She tied for the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 100 m backstroke. Masse is the Canadian record holder in the 100 m back. Masse won gold in the 100 m backstroke at the 2015 Summer Universiade and was the 2015-16 CIS swimmer of the year while swimming at the University of Toronto.
She competed for Canada's Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Masse was Canada's lead competitor in the 100 m backstroke at the games. She set and improved the national record in the 100 backstroke in both the heats and semi-finals. In the final she swam to a bronze medal tie with Fu Yuanhui while again bettering the national record, setting it at 58.76.
At the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships she broke the Americas record in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 58.21 which is also the fastest time ever in a textile suit and the 3rd fastest time in history.
Kylie Masse started swimming at a young age for the Windsor Essex Swim team and was coached by Andrei Semenov.