Annamay Pierse
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Annamay Pierse (born December 5, 1983) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in major international swimming championships including the Summer Olympics, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships.
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Full name | Annamay Pierse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Anners", "Anna” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-12-05) December 5, 1983 (age 40) Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pacific Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierse grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the oldest of five sisters – all competitive swimmers – with one older and one younger brother.
Pierse was a breaststroke specialist and the holder of several Canadian records both long course and short course. She was formerly the world record-holder in the 200-metre long course breaststroke until Rebecca Soni beat her time by 12 hundredths of a second during the 200-metre semifinals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
On April 2, 2008, she placed first at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 100-metre breaststroke thereby qualifying her for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished in sixth in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke. She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay.
She is married to Olympic paddler, Mark Oldershaw.