Personal information | |
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Full name | Laura Pomeroy |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born | December 19, 1983 |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 157 lb (71 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | freestyle |
Club | Toronto Swim Club [1] |
College team | Southern Methodist University [2] |
Coach | Byron McDonald and Linda Keifer [1] |
Medal record |
Laura Pomeroy (born 19 December 1983) is a Canadian swimmer.
Pomeroy represented Canada at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where she won bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay alongside Laura Nicholls, Marianne Limpert and Jessica Deglau in 3:45.33. [3] In other results, Pomeroy finished 5th in the 50 m freestyle in 25.99 [4] and 12th in the 100 m freestyle in 57.48. [5]
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