Christin Petelski (born December 29, 1977) is a former competition

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and

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specialist who represented Canada at two consecutive

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in 1996 and 2000. At the

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in Atlanta, Georgia, she finished eighth position in the final of the women's 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later at the

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in Sydney, Australia, she advanced to the semifinals of the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, finishing 10th and 13th, respectively. Petelski was also a member of the sixth-place Canadian team in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 2000 Olympics.

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* * * 1977 births Living people Canadian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Nanaimo Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportswomen 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub