Saskatoon paralympic swimmer Hannah Ouellette is the Sask Sport December Athlete-of-the-Month.
Ouellette swam a Canadian record-breaking time of 54-point-nine-seven seconds, in the S-5 50-metre backstroke event and claimed gold at an international invitational meet. She also finished on top of the podium in the S-5 50-metre butterfly, obtaining a qualifying time for the 2025 World Championships. In addition, she swam in three other individual events – S-5 50-m freestyle, winning a silver medal, plus bronze medals in the S-5 100-metre freestyle and S-M-5 200-metre individual medley. Later in December, she swam in four more events at the J-P Fiset Invitational Swim Meet, earning three additional bronze medals. Following is the news release from Sask Sport…..
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ATHLETE OF THE MONTH Ouellette swims to success and December Athlete of the Month honours After breaking a Canadian record and claiming five medals at the Ken Demchuk International Invitational, Hannah Ouellette is named December Athlete of the Month. Ouellette swam a Canadian record-breaking time of 54.97 seconds, in the S5 50-metre backstroke event and claimed gold. She also finished on top of the podium in the S5 50-m butterfly, obtaining a qualifying time for the 2025 World Championships. In addition, she swam in three other individual events – S5 50-m freestyle (silver), S5 100-m freestyle (bronze) and SM5 200-m individual medley (bronze). Later in the month, she swam in four more events at the JP Fiset Invitational Swim Meet, earning three additional bronze medals. Ouellette was nominated by Swim Saskatchewan. Other Nominee: · Team Saskatchewan U18 Mixed Relay, Athletics, nominated by Saskatchewan Athletics |
