Canadian teen swimming sensation says setting a world record is the highlight of her life
Over a span of five days at the Canadian swimming trials this spring, the 16-year-old Torontonian smashed world records in the 400-metre freestyle and individual medley. In her five events that week, she also amassed five national records and five world-junior records, making it one of the most outstanding performances in major swim meet history.At just 14, McIntosh was the youngest athlete representing Canada at the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021.
The 400-metre freestyle figures to be one of the most anticipated events of the meet – a race of world titans. That’s where the Canadian teen is expected to face 2016 Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky of the United States and Tokyo Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus of Australia, whose world record McIntosh struck down.
McIntosh recently spoke with The Globe by phone from Florida, where she trains with the Sarasota Sharks under coach Brent Arckey. Her mother, Jill, and father, Greg, take turns staying with her there, while the other remains in Toronto with their other daughter, Brooke, a national team pairs figure skater.
“My family is everything to me; I kind of owe it all to them,” Summer McIntosh says. “My sister is a year and a half older than me, but we’ve grown up super close. Both in high-level sports, we really understand each other.”Whenever I’m at my cottage, with my family and friends during the summer, because that’s where I can really relax and feel the most free, out in the middle of nowhere, jet skiing and tubing.
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