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Full name | Sophie Simard | |||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||
Born | Lars, Germany | September 20, 1978|||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||
College team | Université Laval | |||||||||||||
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