Morgan Knabe

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Medal record
Morgan Knabe
Men's swimming
Competitor for Canada
World Championships (SC)
Bronze	1999 Hong Kong	100 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2002 Manchester^[1]	100 m breaststroke
Bronze	2002 Manchester	4 x 100 m medley relay
Pan American Games
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	200 m breaststroke
Bronze	1999 Winnipeg	4x100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver	1999 Sydney	4x100 m medley
Bronze	1997 Fukuoka	4x100 m medley
Bronze	1999 Sydney	100 m breaststroke

Morgan Knabe (born May 20, 1981 in Calgary, Alberta) is a breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. His best Olympic results were a sixth place in the 100m Breaststroke, and with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay in Sydney, Australia.

Knabe grew up idolizing the late Victor Davis and erased the latter's Canadian records by 2002. Knabe held the Canadian breaststroke marks (short course and long course) from 2002-2004.

In 2001, he accused Olympic gold medallist Domenico Fioravanti of using drugs and saying he wanted to punch the Italian swimmer face. Knabe later apologized. face.[1]

In 2002, he married a New Zealand girl in her country.

At the Athens Olympics, despite his expectations of a medal finish, he put in a poor performances in both events and failed to get past the first round. After the Games, head coach Dave Johnson was fired.