Katerine Savard

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

Full Name:	Katerine Savard
Born:	May 26th, 1993
	Pont-Rouge, Quebec, Canada
Nationality:	Canada
Status:	Active

Katerine Savard's parents introduced her to swimming when they had her take lessons for safety purposes. Savard was not especially keen on swimming until she started competing at the age of 10. Savard's first three years of competitive swimming were with UNIK Pont-Rouge. At 13 years old she made a switch in teams and began training at CSQ. She now swims with CAMO and coach Claude St-Jean. Savard made her first Canadian junior team in 2009 and her first senior team in 2010. Since that point she has been a fixture on the senior national team. She was a member of the 2012 Olympic team and competed in the 100 and 200 butterfly as well as the 4 x100 medley relay. Savard made get strides 2013 announcing her presence on the international stage by winning the 100 butterfly and collecting the silver in the 50 butterfly at the 2013 Universiade in Kazan. She followed that up with a fifth place finish in the 100 butterfly at the World Championships in Barcelona. During the summer she also broke the Canadian records in the 50 and 100 butterfly multiple times. 2014- A Breakout Year 2014 was a year to remember for Savard. At the Canadian Swimming Trials in April …

2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

Michael Phelps will be competing in the heats of the men’s 200m butterfly shortly after where he’s not exactly the favorite. It looks to be a three man race right now between Phelps and his two rivals: Chad le Clos of South Africa and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. Both have said their fair share of talk about Phelps making this one of the most anticipated races of the games.

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Katerine Savard Breaks Canadian 50 Fly Record at Quebec Cup

At the Quebec Cup in Montreal today, Canadian butterflier Katerine Savard broke the 50 fly national record during prelims. QuebecCup: AM heat:…

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Live recap of day 1 finals at the Mare Nostrum Circuit – Canet en Roussillon.

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Katinka Hosszu took the top seed in all four of her events this morning at the 2nd stop of the Mare Nostrum Circuit In Canet en Roussillon.

Canada Announces Team For Hosted 2016 World Short Course Championships

Three-time NCAA Champion Brittany MacLean will lead a roster of 37 Canadians to their home Short Course World Championships in December.

2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Penny Oleksiak will seek her third individual event for the Olympics tonight in the 100 free, coming into tonight as the top seed.

2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Sprint star Chantal van Landeghem will finally hit the water at these trials in the women’s 100 free heats.

2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Sydney Pickrem will look to qualify in her second event tonight in the women’s 200 IM.

WATCH: Katerine Savard Bounces Back After Tough Loss To Make Olympic Team

While most athletes would be crushed, Savard stayed focused on her goal of qualifying for the Olympic team. In the 200m freestyle, Savard finished third behind Brittany MacLean who set a new Canadian record, and once again Oleksiak.

2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Santo Condorelli will finally get in on the action at trials this morning in the 100m free prelims.

Six Athletes Earn Olympic Nomination On Night 3 Of Canadian Trials

After barely missing out on earning a spot on the Olympic team early in the meet, both Katerine Savard and Kennedy Goss made the criteria to gain Olympic nomination for the Rio Games this summer.

Five Big Things From Day Three Of The 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials

MacLean threw down a 1:56.94 to break Genevieve Saumur’s Canadian record of 1:56.97 from the 2009 World Championships in Rome. MacLean’s performance makes her the only Canadian swimmer to dip under 1:57 following the end of the tech-suit era.