Jessica L. Amey (born November 15, 1976) is a former competitive

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 ...

from Canada, who competed for her native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, Georgia. There she finished in 25th position in the 100-metre butterfly, after having won the silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay one year earlier at the

1995 FINA Short Course World Championships The 2nd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet held on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November until 3 December 1995. The meet featured 32 events swum in a short course (25m) pool. The United ...

, alongside

Julie Howard Julie Kathryn Howard (born October 23, 1976), later known by her married name Julie Johnson, is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...

Lisa Flood Lisa Anne Flood (born August 1, 1971) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist. Flood competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in fourt ...

and

Shannon Shakespeare Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Shakespeare competed for Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, s ...

. After her career on the Canadian national team, Amey attended

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, where she swam for the

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swimming and diving team in NCAA and Pacific-10 Conference competition. After completing her undergraduate degree at Stanford, she graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She is currently a lawyer at McCarthy Tetrault LLP in Toronto, Ontario.

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* 1976 births Living people Canadian female butterfly swimmers Canadian female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic swimmers of Canada Swimmers from Montreal Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian women Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub