Christopher Renaud (born 29 August 1976) is a former

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swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in

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. His highlights include setting a world record in the short course 50-metre backstroke in 1997, and won several Canadian titles. He is an alumnus of Bishop Carroll High School. Renaud was the first Canadian to break the two-minute barrier in the 200-metre backstroke, clocking 1:59.81 at the national championships in 1996, held just after the 1996 Olympics. He temporarily retired in 1997 to re-examine his career options, however he returned to Canada in 1998 and competed at the

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. His father Raymond Renaud played hockey for the

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in 1967.

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1976 births Living people Canadian male backstroke swimmers World record setters in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Fredericton Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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