Sinéad C. Russell (born June 15, 1993) is a Canadian competition

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from

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who swam for the Oakville Dolphins swim club in

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.Sinead Russell's profile at the official Olympic Games 2012 site
In March 2012, Russell competed at the 2012 Canadian Olympic swim trials in Montreal, where she qualified for two events, the 100 metre

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and the 200 metre backstroke. At the

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in the women's 100-metre backstroke, Russell finished in 13th place in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, but did not secure a place in the finals. In the 200-metre backstroke heats, Russell was third in her heat and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, she was in first position after the first length, touching the wall before eventual gold medal winner

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, but lost speed and came third with a time of 2:08.76, which was still enough to qualify her for the 8th and final spot in the final. In the final, she finished 8th with a time of 2:09.86. Russell attended the

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on an athletic scholarship, and swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) and

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(SEC) competition in 2013 and 2014, while continuing to swim at the international level with Swim Canada. During her freshman and sophomore seasons as a Gator, she received fourteen

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n honours, the most an American college swimmer may receive in two years. Russell was sidelined with a blood clot in her brain in mid-January 2015. She is the younger sister of Colin Russell, another Canadian swimmer who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

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Sinead Russell
– Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Sinead 1993 births Living people Canadian female backstroke swimmers Florida Gators women's swimmers Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Oshawa Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen

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