Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972) is a Canadian former freestyle and

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who competed in the

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for Canada in

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and

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, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was also Canada's flagbearer at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The

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, in her hometown of

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, has an annual swim meet, the Marianne Limpert Team Cup, named after her. At the

1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The fifth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event involving countries in the Pacific region, was held on August 12–15, 1993 in Kobe, Japan. Competing nations Results Men's events Legend: WR: World ...

, she won a bronze medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. At the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

, she won two silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and in the 200-metre individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle. At the

1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The sixth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event involving countries in the Pacific region, was held in 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from August 10–13. The meet served as the swimming tes ...

, she won a bronze medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. At the

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Fukuoka, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian ma ...

, she won two silver medals in the 200-metre individual medley and in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. At the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

, she won two gold medals in the 4x100 and 4x200-metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle. At the

1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 1999 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 22–29 August. Only two swimmers per country could compet ...

, she won two bronze medals in the 4x100 and 4x200-metre freestyle relay.

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