Cole Pratt (born 13 August 2002) is a Canadian

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who competes primarily in the

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and

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual ...

races.

Career

Pratt competed at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

in the men's 200 m backstroke, where he finished twenty-sixth overall; as well as the 200 metre individual medley where he finished thirty-sixth. At the 2019 World Junior Championships he competed in the 50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay (men & mixed), and the 4x100 metre medley relays (men & mixed). He won a bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay swimming the backstroke leg in 54.79. Pratt broke the men's 200 m backstroke Canadian record SCM at the December 2019 Ontario Junior International (OJI) swim meet in a time of 1:51.30. He is tied for the record for the most medals ever won at a single Canada Games by a male athlete with ten. Pratt won those ten medals including five gold at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg. During the 2020–21 season of the

International Swimming League The International Swimming League (ISL) is an annual professional swimming league, established in 2019. It features a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions. In 2019, the regular season started in October and the Final Match ...

, Pratt joined the league's expansion team the Toronto Titans. In June 2021, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Pratt finished twenty-sixth in the heats of the

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Personal

His older sister

Halle Pratt Halle Pratt (born 6 October 1999) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer, joining the national team in 2017. Pratt won a gold medal in the team artistic swimming category at the 2019 Pan American Games. She placed sixth in the team competition at the ...

competes as a member of Canada's artistic swimming team. Halle and Cole were one of three sets of siblings that represented Canada at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Cole 2002 births Living people Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian male backstroke swimmers Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Canada Canadian male medley swimmers