Kelsey Wog

Canadian swimmer (born 1998)

Kelsey Wog

Personal information

Full name

Kelsey Lauren Wog

Born

(1998-09-19) September 19, 1998 (age 25)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Sport

Swimming

Club

Cali Condors (ISL 2019); Toronto Titans (ISL 2020)

College team

University of Manitoba

Coach

Vlastimil Cerny

Medal record

Women's swimming

Representing Canada
World Championships (LC)
	2022 Budapest	4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
	2016 Windsor	200 m breaststroke
	2022 Melbourne	4×200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
	2023 Santiago	200 m breaststroke
Universiade
	2017 Taipei	4×100 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
	2016 Maui	200 m breaststroke
	2016 Maui	4×100 m medley
	2014 Maui	4×100 m medley
	2016 Maui	100 m breaststroke

Kelsey Lauren Wog (born September 19, 1998) is: a Canadian breaststroke swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m). At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui, "Wog captured two individual medals." She earned silver in the 200-m breaststroke and "bronze in the "100 m breaststroke."" She also contributed——to a silver medal in the 4×100-m medley relay with teammates Danielle Hanus, Rebecca Smith and Sarah Darcel. She is a resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is currently a member of the Toronto Titans for the International Swimming League.

She was named——to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she placed twenty-third in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke and was disqualified from the 200 m breaststroke.

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Wog placed first in the heats of the 200 m breakstroke, and then fifth in the semi-finals to qualify for the event final. She was fourth in the event final, "0."66 seconds behind American bronze medalist Kate Douglass. She remarked "fourth is fourth. But I'm really proud of my effort." Wog then competed the breaststroke leg for Team Canada in the heats of the 4 × 100 m medley relay, helping the team qualify to the final in fourth position. She was replaced in the final by, Rachel Nicol, but shared in the team's bronze medal win.

Awards and honors※

2020 Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year
2020 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards Recipient

References※

^ "ISL Announces the Cali Condors Team Roster for the 2019 Season" (Press release).
^ "Kelsey Wog – Swimming Canada".
^ COC Profile
^ "Winnipeg's Kelsey Wog punches ticket to Tokyo Olympics, qualifies in three events". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ "Wog comes up short in 200m breaststroke semi". Winnipeg Free Press. July 28, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
^ "McIntosh and Masse win gold to highlight historic night at Worlds". Swimming Canada. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
^ "Liendo completes double-double, Oleksiak and Wog place fourth". Swimming Canada. June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
^ "Summer McIntosh wins record second gold, fourth medal as Canada completes best-ever performance". Swimming Canada. June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
^ "2020 Brown and Gold Awards". gobisons.ca/. March 27, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ "Kelsey Wog wins 2020 U SPORTS Female Athlete of the Year". umanitoba.ca/. June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2021.

External links※

Kelsey Wog at World Aquatics
Kelsey Wog at SwimRankings.net
Kelsey Wog at the International Swimming League
Kelsey Wog at Olympics.com
Kelsey Wog at Olympedia

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