Emily Overholt

Emily Overholt

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Personal information
Full name	Emily Overholt
National team	Canada
Born	(1997-10-04) October 4, 1997 Vancouver, British Columbia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	West Vancouver Otters
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Canada World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 400 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 400 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 200 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle

Emily Overholt (born October 4, 1997) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. She won a silver medal as part of the 4 x 200 freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Overholt won the bronze medal in 2013 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships for Canada. She also won three gold and a silver at the 2013 Canada Games as a representative for British Columbia.

Career

Overholt begun swimming at the age of 9 with the West Vancouver Otters. Her main inspiration for being a competitive swimmer was watching Michael Phelps during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

File:Kazan 2015 - Emily Overholt 400m medley final.jpg

Before her 400m medley final in Kazan

Overholt attended the 2013 Canada Games representing British Columbia as a 15-year-old competitor. There she won gold in the individual 200 m and 400 m medleys while adding a gold and a silver in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle respectively. She next won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. Overholt's first major competitive podium finish came as part of the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she competed as a sixteen-year-old and helped the relay team win a silver medal.

During the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Overholt won three medals, including a gold in the 400 meter freestyle. The victory occurred less than a day after she was disqualified of a gold medal in the 400m medley for an illegal turn.

Overholt attended Collingwood School . She has signed into the University of British Columbia for a degree in science, but will defer her studies and participation in the UBC Thunderbirds until after the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Overholt won a bronze at the 2015 World Championships and beat the national record by more than three seconds in the 400 metre individual medley event.