Chris Weeks
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| Chris Weeks | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | St.John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event(s) | Swimming |
| Club | Mount Pearl Marlins Swim Club |
| Coached by | Christopher Roberts |
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Medal record
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Chris Weeks (born 2005) is a Canadian swimmer, born in NL, Canada. At 17 years old, Weeks set a new Canada Games Record swimming the 50-meter butterfly in 24.53 seconds.[1][2][3][4]
Career[edit]
Early Career[edit]
Weeks started swimming as a young child, but began swimming competitively in 2019.[5][6] He credits some of his success in swimming to his background in karate.[2]
Canada Summer Games[edit]
During the 2022 Canada Summer Games, Weeks represented Team N.L. (Newfoundland and Labrador) secured Gold for the 50-meter butterfly, setting a Canada Games record of 24.53 seconds and marking him the fastest swimming at the competition that year. That swim earned Weeks 748 FINA points, another record for the Canada Games.[2][3][4]Weeks secured two Silver medals in the 50-metre and 100-metre male freestyles.[2][7][4]
Weeks 50-meter butterfly bested the previous record of 24.91 seconds, set in 2013 by Edward Liu of Ontario, Canada.[2][8][9]
For Newfoundland and Labrador, Weeks' Gold medal is the first Gold medal won by a swimmer since 1993, and first Gold for the province since 2001.[10][8]
FINA Swimming World Cup[edit]
At 17 years old, Weeks swam the 50-meter butterfly in 23.91 seconds at FINA Swimming World Cup (in the 15-17 age group). Weeks gained recognition as media outlets compared him Michael Phelps, whose personal best at the same age was 24.1 seconds.[11]
2024 Summer Olympics[edit]
In 2022, Weeks was identified by the Canadian Olympic Committee as a potential athlete for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France and was invited to participate in the Canadian Olympic Swimming Camp, taking place Fall 2022, in Ontario. Weeks states he needs to improve his times by 90 seconds to qualify.[12][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Chris Weeks' Personal Best". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 2022-11-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "This 17-year-old from Kilbride has won N.L.'s first Summer Games gold medal since 1993". CBC. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clarkson, Claire (2022-09-14). "Newfoundland's Next Olympian? St. John's swimmer in Paris invited to Olympic training camp". Canada Today. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Mercer, Nicholas (2022-09-13). "Newfoundland's next Olympian? St. John's swimmer eyeing spot in Paris with invite to Olympic training camp". SaltWire. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Squibb, Mark (2021-12-23). "Mount Pearl swimmer makes a splash on the mainland". The Pearl News. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ "Team NL Swimmers Chris Weeks and Thomas Pelley Win Silver Medals at the 2022 Canada Summer Games". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Gillis, Heather (2022-08-16). "1st week of 2022 Canada Games already the 'best Games ever' for Team N.L." CBC. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Team NL Swimmers Making History With Early Medal Haul". VOCM. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Phillips, Carol (2022-08-12). "Ottawa's Brousseau Leads All Swimmings With A Records-Tying 11 Medals at the 2022 Canada Games". Canada Games. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Clarkson, Claire (2022-08-11). "Golden Weeks: St. John's Teen Chris Weeks golden off-block performance serves to inspire Team NL". Canada Today. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ "This Kilbride teen swam the 50m butterfly faster than Michael Phelps and has his eyes on the future". CBC. 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ↑ Clarkson, Claire (2022-09-14). "Newfoundland's Next Olympian? St. John's swimmer in Paris invited to Olympic training camp". Canada Today. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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