Stephanie Horner (born March 19, 1989) is a competition
swimmer
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from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist.
Career
After having won four medals at the
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Ol ...
, Horner competed for her native country at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, China, and at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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. Horner also made the 2011 Canadian World Championships team, qualifying in the 400-metre individual medley event at the 14th FINA World Championships in
Shanghai
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, China.
In 2016, she was officially named to
Canada's Olympic team for the
2016 Summer Olympics in the open water swim event.
In April 2017, Horner was named to
Canada's team in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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.
Honours
In 2012 Horner was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
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.
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1989 births
Living people
Female long-distance swimmers
Auburn Tigers women's swimmers
Canadian female freestyle swimmers
Canadian female butterfly swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Canada
People from Bathurst, New Brunswick
Sportspeople from New Brunswick
Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
21st-century Canadian women
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