Sabrina Duchesne (born 17 April 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer who won a bronze medal in the Women's 34pts 4x100m relay event at the

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. She competed at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, and

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Early life and education

Duchesne is from

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City. The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 ...

, Quebec. She has cerebral palsy and took up swimming as a form of physiotherapy. Duchesne is pursuing a degree in criminology at Université Laval.

Career

At age 14, Duchesne was the youngest national team member to compete for Canada at the 2015 Para Pan American Games in Toronto. She made it to the final of the 200-metre individual medley and won bronze in the S7 women's 400-metre freestyle. She made her Paralympic debut at the

, competing in five S8 events: the 50-metre, 100-metre, and 400-metre freestyle; the 100-metre backstroke; and the 200-metre individual medley. Her best result was placing sixth in the 400-metre freestyle. In 2017, she fractured her foot, negatively impacting her performance. The

marked Duchesne's debut in the S7 classification. With Morgan Bird,

Katarina Roxon Katarina Mirabelle Roxon (born April 5, 1993) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer from Canada. In 2016 she won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and was the only representative of Canada the ...

, and Aurelie Rivard, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 34pts 4x100m relay. She also finished sixth in the 100-metre freestyle S7 at the games. At the

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, she won bronze in the women's 400-metre freestyle S7. This was her first Para Worlds medal. Duchesne is set to represent Canada at the

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