Sandrine Mainville (born March 20, 1992) is a Canadian competition

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who specializes in the freestyle. She won a bronze medal in the

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in the 4 x 100 m mixed freestyle in

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. Mainville was also part of the

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champion 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team for Canada in

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. Mainville competed for Canada's Olympic team at the

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. She swam as part of Canada's relay team in the women's 4 x 100 m freestyle event. The final saw Canada swimming against the powerhouse

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and

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team, Canada would finish behind them while fending off the

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for bronze. Mainville swam with teammates Penelope Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck,

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and Chantal van Landeghem.

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* * * * * * * 1992 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada 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 Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Pan American Games gold medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Boucherville Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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