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Kennedy Goss (born August 19, 1996)COC profile
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swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. Goss won 7 medals at the
2013 Canada Games The 2013 Canada Summer Games is a national multi-sport event that was held in Sherbrooke, Quebec from August 2, 2013 to August 17, 2013. These Games were the first Canada Summer Games to be held in Quebec, and third overall after the inaugural Can ...
, including 5 gold. In 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team for the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
as part of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay team.


Personal life

Her father Sandy Goss is a former competitive swimmer for Canada, and competed at the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
and
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
, winning two silver medals. Kennedy competes for The Indiana University Hoosiers.


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* * * * * * 1996 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Toronto Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada Indiana Hoosiers women's swimmers Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub