Penny Oleksiak

Penny Oleksiak

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Penny Oleksiak is a celebrated Canadian swimmer known for her remarkable achievements in the sport, including seven Olympic medals and nine world championship medals. Born on June 13, 2000, in Toronto, she made history at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming Canada's youngest Olympic champion. Oleksiak's impressive performances have made her a prominent figure in swimming, and she has garnered widespread recognition for her dedication and talent. Recently, she announced her withdrawal from the upcoming world aquatics championships due to a whereabouts case with World Aquatics, clarifying that it does not involve any banned substances.

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Penny Oleksiak is a Canadian swimmer who shares the title of Canada's most decorated Olympian with Andre De Grasse.

Andre De Grasse on cheering for Team Canada, the Enhanced Games and his go-to cheat eats
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2026-06-23
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Penny Oleksiak is recognized for her impressive collection of Olympic medals.

Mikaël Kingsbury ends his Olympic career in a blaze of gold medal glory
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2026-02-16
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Penny Oleksiak is Canada’s most-decorated female Olympian, with seven medals.

Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak says ‘genuine mistake’ led to two-year ban
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-12-09
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Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year ban from competitive swimming for an anti-doping rule violation.

Penny Oleksiak suspended 2 years after multiple whereabouts failures
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-11-26
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Penny Oleksiak accepted a two-year ban from competitive swimming after missing three whereabouts calls.

Penny Oleksiak has become the story long after she’s stopped being the story
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-26
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Swimmer Penny Oleksiak was banned from competitive swimming for two years after repeatedly failing to let authorities know her availability for anti-doping spot-checks outside of competition periods.

Canada’s Penny Olesksiak banned two years from competition
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-25
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After her three golds and one silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the weeks before her 18th birthday – tying teammate Penny Oleksiak for the most by any Canadian at a single Olympics.

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The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-08-01
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Penny Oleksiak, a Canadian Olympic swimmer, admitted to a doping violation and agreed to a temporary competition ban.

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Postimees – major Estonian daily, est. 1857·EstoniaEstonia· 2025-07-22
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Penny Oleksiak withdrew from the World Swimming Championships due to an investigation into a violation of anti-doping rules.

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Daily Jang·PakistanPakistan· 2025-07-05
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Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from the upcoming world aquatics championships due to being in a whereabouts case with World Aquatics.

Penny Oleksiak withdraws from swimming worlds, citing whereabouts case with World Aquatics
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-07-05
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