Michelle A. MacPherson (born May 11, 1966), also known by her married name Michelle Hojnacki, is a former
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
and
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
swimmer from Canada. After being selected for the Canadian Olympic swim team for the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
in Moscow, MacPherson was unable to participate because of the
United States-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics. Four years later, she represented Canada 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 ...
in Los Angeles, California. There McPherson won a bronze medal in the
women's 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Canadian teammates
Anne Ottenbrite,
Reema Abdo
Reema Abdo (born May 19, 1963) is a Canadian former backstroke swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist. Abdo was born in Aden, in the Federation of South Arabia, and became a naturalized Canadian citizen.
Swimming career
Abdo began her swimming c ...
and
Pamela Rai.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
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1966 births
Living people
Canadian female backstroke swimmers
Canadian female butterfly swimmers
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Olympic swimmers for Canada
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Swimmers from Toronto
Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming
Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
20th-century Canadian sportswomen
Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
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