Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club (GO Kingfish) is a
non-profit
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, competitive swim club operating in
Ottawa, Canada
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. The club has over 100 athletes in its competitive program, as well as over 100 swimmers in its pre-competitive Junior Group program. The club is affiliated with the
University of Ottawa
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Gee Gees.
The club is a member of the Eastern Ontario Swimming Association, Swim Ontario, and Swimming Canada.
Coaches
* Head coach: Jason Allen
* Associate Head Coach/Youth Coach: Simon St. Pierre
* Senior Kingish Coach: Thomas Langridge
* central Coach lead: Kris Peshev
* Junior Program Head Coach/Orleans Lead Coach: Audrey Rivest
History
The club was formed in 1981 when the Gloucester Swim Club and the Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club amalgamated. GO swimmers have competed at the
Olympic Games
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,
Commonwealth Games
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Canada Games
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.
* 2011: Kingfish, Own the Podium and Swim Ontario create a high performance ''Regional Training Centre'' for swimming and triathlon on the
University of Ottawa
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campus. Derrick Schoof resigns as Gee-Gees' and GO Kingfish swim coach.
* 2009: Derrick Schoof named head coach of GO Kingfish Swim Club and uOttawa men's and women's swimming (July 3, 2009)
GO Kingfish swimmers on the national and international stage
2016
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson and Ashton Baumann represented GO at the Olympics
2013
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won three gold and two silver medals at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney, Australia.
2012
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won one gold and one bronze medal at the Junior
Matthew Hawes participated in the Long Course World Championships in
Shanghai
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; Tabitha Baumann won silver in 200m
Freestyle relay
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at the
FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
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FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as Worl ...
in Lima, Peru; Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Tess Simpson won a combined two gold and one bronze medal at the Summer National Championships; Adam Best and Matt Hawes won a combined one gold and two silver medals at the CIS Championships; Eli Wall won one gold and two silver medals at the Long Course Canadian Age Group Championships; Tabitha Baumann won one silver and one bronze at the
Canada Cup
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; Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Matthew Hawes won a total of one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals at the Coupe Canada; Meghan Michie won four gold medals at the Athens Special Olympics World Summer Games. Meghan Michie was named Special Olympics Female Athlete of the Year.
2010
Matthew Hawes won one silver and one bronze medal at the Pan Pacific Trials. He later participated in the Long Course Canadian Championships with Tess Simpson, with the team winning a total of one gold and two bronze medals. Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Eli Wall won a collective three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the Long Course Canadian Age Group Championships. Matt Hawes and Derrick Schoof received the J. Tihanyi bursary.
Canadian record holders
* Matthew Hawes is a Canadian record holder in the 200m Backstroke with a time of 1:57.34.
Notable alumni
* Tabitha Baumann — silver medalist in 4X200m
Freestyle relay
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at the World Youth Championships (2011, Lima, Peru); swam for GO Kingfish until December 2011.
* Matthew Hawes — Canadian record holder in the 200m Backstroke; participated in the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
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in
Shanghai
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, China and in the 2010
Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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GeeGees until July 2011.
* Yannick Lupien swam for GO Kingfish in the 1990s. He later swam for the
Canadian
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Olympic Team in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
*Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson 2016 olympian
*Ashton Baumann 2016 olympian
*Steven Baird 1992 olympian
*Eddie Parenti 1992 Olympian
Kingfish in the news
* Article in ''
Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The new ...
'' on Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson's success at New South Wales Championships
* Article in ''Orleans Star'' on GO swimmers participating at Olympic Trials (2012)
* Article on the Regional Training Centre (2011)
* Article on Ashton Baumann in ''
National Post
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Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The new ...
'' (2011)
* Article in ''Orleans Star'' on Alex Babaris (2007)