Kelly Stefanyshyn | |
Fullname: | Kelly Stefanyshyn |
Strokes: | Backstroke |
Club: | Pacific Dolphins |
Collegeteam: | University of British Columbia |
Birth Date: | July 6, 1982 |
Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
Weight: | 63kg (139lb) |
Kelly Stefanyshyn (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Stefanyshyn was a member of Canada's sixth-place team in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. Individually, she also finished eighth in the women's 200-metre backstroke, and competed in the semifinals of the 100-metre backstroke.[1]
Stefanyshyn was previously a three-medal-winner at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. She won a gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke, a silver in the 4x100-metre medley relay, and a bronze in the 200-metre backstroke.
She attended the University of British Columbia, where she was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds swimming and diving team in CIS competition from 2001 to 2004.