Michelle Lischinsky

Michelle Lischinsky
Personal information
Full name Michelle Lischinsky
National team  Canada
Born August 15, 1974
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Manta Swim Club

Michelle Lischinsky (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian retired swimmer who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She represented Canada, as a 25-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the Manitoba Swim Club, under her longtime coach and mentor Vlastimil Černý, a Czech-born swimmer who competed in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[2]

Lischinsky competed only in two swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She finished behind her teammate Kelly Stefanyshyn from the Olympic Trials in Montreal with a FINA A-cut of 1:02.89.[3][4] In the 100-metre backstroke, Lischinsky failed to qualify for the top 8 final, as she finished her semifinal run in a thirteenth-seeded time of 1:02.55.[5][6][7] Six days later, in the 4×100-metre medley relay, the Canadians managed to settle for sixth place in the final at 4:07.55.[8] Teaming with Christin Petelski, Jen Button, and Laura Nicholls in the prelims, Lischinsky led off a backstroke leg and recorded a split of 1:03.32.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Michelle Lischinsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cerny Heads to Commonwealth Games". Manitoba Bisons. 14 July 2002. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Trials Day 3: All Goes According to Form". Swimming World Magazine. May 30, 2000. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 289. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. September 17, 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  7. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (September 17, 2000). "Olympic Day 2 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (September 23, 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Retrieved March 3, 2013.

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