Summer Mortimer

Summer Mortimer

Mortimer at the Olympic Heroes Parade in Toronto, September 2012
Personal information
Full name	Summer Ashley Mortimer
Nickname(s)	The Storm
Nationality	Canadian, Dutch
Born	(1993-04-22) April 22, 1993 (age 24)
Height	1.73 m (68 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Ducks Swimming Club
Coach	Reg Chappell (current) Craig Mortimer (her father)
Medal record Representing  Canada Paralympic Games 2012 London 50 m freestyle S10 2012 London 100 m backstroke S10 2012 London 200 m individual medley SM10 2012 London Women's 100m freestyle – S10 IPC World Championships 2010 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S10 2010 Eindhoven 100m freestyle S10 2010 Eindhoven 100m backstroke S10 2010 Eindhoven 200m medley SM10 Representing  Netherlands IPC World Championships 2015 Glasgow 100m backstroke S10 2015 Glasgow 100m freestyle S10 IPC European Championships 2014 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S10 2014 Eindhoven 100m backstroke S10 2014 Eindhoven 100m freestyle S10

Summer Ashley Mortimer (born April 22, 1993) is a Canadian-Dutch paraswimmer who initially competed internationally for Canada, but switched to the Netherlands national paralympic team in 2014, but withdrew from the 2016 Paralympics due to health reasons. She has won seven world-championship finals for Canada and the Netherlands, and four medals for Canada at her first Paralympic Games in London: two gold, one silver and one bronze.

Mortimer competed in the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials as an able-bodied swimmer, and retrained as a paraswimmer after a trampolining accident. She began competing at the international level in 2010 with an SM10 classification, setting world records in the process (one of which she broke again in qualifying for the 2012 Paralympics). Competing in six events, Mortimer won medals in all four individual races. She holds world records in the S10 50- and 100-metre long-course freestyle and the 50- 100- and 200-metre backstroke. In 2013 Mortimer applied to join the Netherlands national team, and announced her transfer in June 2014. Winning three medals (two gold and one silver) at the 2014 IPC championships, she set two European records. She did not compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics, citing "serious health reasons."

Mortimer began swimming at age two; her mother is a co-owner of the Oakville Swim Academy. At age nine, she began swimming competitively. As a member of the Hamilton Aquatic Club and the Golden Horseshoe Aquatic Club, Mortimer competed at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials for the Beijing games.

She is classified SM10, the least-disabled paraswimming classification. SM10 is open to those with "very minimal weakness affecting the legs; Swimmers with restriction of hip joint movement; Swimmers with both feet deformed; Swimmers with one leg amputated below the knee; Swimmers missing one hand. This is the class with the most physical ability".