Julie Daigneault (born June 25, 1965) is a former competition

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from Canada who specialized in middle-distance

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events. Daigneault competed for her native country at the

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in Los Angeles, California. There she finished in 8th position in the women's 400-metre freestyle and 9th in the 200-metre freestyle. She won three bronze medals at the

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in Edmonton, Alberta – in the 200, 400 and 800-metre freestyle events.

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1965 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Quebec Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportswomen Sportswomen from Quebec {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub