Tanya Hunks (born August 24, 1980) is a former competitive

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. Hunks won bronze medals in the 10-kilometre open water swimming events 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 ...

and

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

. She swam in the 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events, in addition to the 400-metre individual medley 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 ...

in Beijing.Hunks entry
from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-05-30.

References

1980 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Canadian female medley swimmers Canadian female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Brantford Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics UBC Thunderbirds swimmers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub