Finlay Knox (born January 8, 2001) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.

Career

Knox was born in England, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was two years old. Knox's family emigrated to Canada when he was seven. Knox was named to his first Canadian national team at the

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held in

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, Argentina. At this event, Knox won bronze in the 200 m individual medley In 2019, Knox won two medals at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in

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. As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in

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, Knox broke the national record in the 200 individual medley event, with a time of 1:58.07. This qualified him for the

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. Knox placed seventeenth in the heats of the men's 200 m individual medley, 0.14 seconds behind Japan's

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, and thus missed qualifying to the semi-finals. Knox was part of Canada's team for the

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, where he won a bronze with the men's team in the 4×100 m freestyle. He was the only member of the team to swim in both the heats and the final. This was the first men's relay medal for Canada at a major event since the

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, and the first at the Commonwealth Games since 2006. Knox also reached the finals of the 100 m butterfly and the 200 m medley, placing fourth in the latter.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Finlay 2001 births Living people Canadian male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics People from Okotoks Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Canada Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games