Aurélie Rivard

Aurélie Rivard
Personal information
Full name Aurélie Rivard
Nationality Canadian
Born (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996
Sport
Disability class S10, SB9, SM10
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 3 2 0
World Championships 2 5 2
Commonwealth Games 0 0 1
Parapan American Games 6 1 0
Women's paralympic swimming
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m individual medley SM10
2012 London S10 400 m freestyle
IPC Swimming World Championships
2015 Glasgow S10 50 m freestyle
2015 Glasgow S10 400 m freestyle
2013 Montreal S10 400 m freestyle
2013 Montreal 4x100 m freestyle relay
2013 Montreal SM10 200 m ind. medley
2015 Glasgow S10 200 m ind. medley
2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S10
2013 Montreal S10 100 m freestyle
2013 Montreal S10 50 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow SM10 200 m ind. medley
Parapan American Games
2015 Toronto S10 50 m freestyle
2015 Toronto S10 100 m freestyle
2015 Toronto S10 400 m freestyle
2015 Toronto S10 100 m backstroke
2015 Toronto S10 100 m butterfly
2015 Toronto S10 200 m ind. medley
2015 Toronto SB9 100 m breaststroke

Aurélie Rivard (born May 14, 1996) is a Canadian swimmer.[1] A Quebecer, she lives in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, where she trains at the Club de natation du Haut-Richelieu with coach France Latendresse.[2] She took up competitive swimming in 2008; with an impairment in her left hand she competes in the S10, SB9 and SM10 disability classifications.[1] She currently holds three World Records in her category.

Rivard competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships but did not win any medals. At the 2012 London Paralympics she entered six events[1] and won silver in the S10 400 m freestyle.[3] She won five medals at the 2013 World Championships including two silver, two bronze[1] and joint second place in the 200 m medley.[4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won bronze in the 200 m individual medley.[5]

In 2014 Swimming Canada named Rivard "Female Para-Swimmer of the Year".[6]

At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Rivard, who was 19 at the time, became the most decorated female athlete of Parapan Am history, after winning seven medals, six of which were gold.[7]

Rivard, after winning three Paralympics gold medals, claiming a silver Paralympic medal and setting two World Records and a Paralympic Record at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the young Paraswimmer was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved December 14, 2014. (search for "Rivard")
  2. ↑ "Aurelie Rivard Named Swimming Canada's Para-Swimmer of the Year". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Sports Publications, Inc. November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (September 5, 2012). "Canadian swimmers add to Paralympic medal haul". National Post. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results: Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sophie Pascoe secures second Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014". International Paralympic Committee. August 30, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Aurelie Rivard is Swimming Canada's 2014 Para-Swimmer of the Year". CBC News. November 28, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Largest Ever Parapan Am Games Make History". Toronto 2015. August 15, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2016.


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