Geneviève Saumur (born June 23, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She swam for Canada at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

. She currently holds the 200-metre freestyle (short-course and long-course) Canadian national record. She has swum for Canada at: *

2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The eleventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, also known as the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 18–22. Me ...

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

* 2007 World Championships * 2006 Pan Pacs *

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

She won a silver medal at the

2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20. Six world records A world record is usually the best global and most ...

as a member of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team, and a bronze medal in the same event at the

. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, she was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 8th place in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. As of 2008, Saumur is studying at Ahuntsic CEGEP.Saumur's bio
from the CBC; retrieved 2009-07-03.

References

1987 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers from Montreal Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub