Aurelie Rivard

Aurelie Rivard
Personal information
Born May 14, 1996
Sport
Disability class S10, SB9, SM10
Updated on 4 Jan 2015.

Aurelie Rivard (born 14 May 1996) is a Canadian swimmer.[1] A Quebecer, she lives in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, where she trains at the Club de natation du Haut-Richelieu with coach France Latendresse.[2] She took up competitive swimming in 2008; with an impairment in her left hand she competes in the S10, SB9 and SM10 disability classifications.[1]

Rivard competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships but did not win any medals. At the 2012 London Paralympics she entered six events[1] and won silver in the S10 400 m freestyle.[3] She won five medals at the 2013 World Championships including two silver, two bronze[1] and joint second place in the 200 m medley.[4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won bronze in the 200 m individual medley.[5]

In 2014 Swimming Canada named Rivard "Female Para-Swimmer of the Year".[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 December 2014. (search for "Rivard")
  2. ↑ "Aurelie Rivard Named Swimming Canada’s Para-Swimmer of the Year". http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com''. Sports Publications, Inc. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (5 September 2012). "Canadian swimmers add to Paralympic medal haul". National Post. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results: Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sophie Pascoe secures second Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014". International Paralympic Committee. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Aurelie Rivard is Swimming Canada's 2014 Para-Swimmer of the Year". CBC News. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.