International Competition (Swimming Canada Profile):
2020-21: Earned two silver and one bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo...claimed the 100 backstroke silver medal (
Full Story), breaking the Olympic record in preliminaries...earned the 200 backstroke silver medal (
Full Story) and helped Canada to a bronze-medal finish in the 4x100 medley relay in Canadian record time (
Full Story).
2018-19: Successfully defended her 100 backstroke world title in 58.60 at the
2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on July 23 (
Full Story)...also claimed the 200 backstroke bronze medal (
Full Story) and helped Canada to a bronze-medal finish in the 4x100 medley relay in Canadian record time (
Full Story)...Masse, along with Penny Oleksiak, is the most decorated female swimmer at worlds with four career medals...along with, Sydney Pickrem, she is also the Canadian woman with the most individual medals at worlds with three.
2017-18: Won two gold medals, both in Games record times, and claimed two silver medals at the
 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia (
Full Story)...won the 100 backstroke, breaking the Commonwealth Games record three times, with a final record time of 58.63 seconds...won the 200 backstroke, breaking the Commonwealth Games record in 2:05.98...earned silver in the 50 backstroke in 27.82 seconds and helped Canada to a silver-medal finish in the 4x100 medley relay (3:55.10)....named the female swimmer of the meet at the
2018 Pan Pacfic Championships in Tokyo, Japan....won the 100 backstroke in 58.61 seconds, after setting the Pan Pacs record in heats (58.29) (
Full Story)...also placed fourth in the 200 backstroke in 2:07.00 and fourth in the 4x100Â medley relay (3:55.14).Â
2016-17: Claimed two silver medals in the
100 backstroke (breaking her own Canadian record in 56.02 in heats) and the
4x100 medley relay at the
2016 FINA short course world championships in her home town of Windsor...also placed fourth as a member of Canada's 4x50 medley relay team and eighth in the 50 backstroke...swept the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke events at the
2017 Team Canada Trials...broke her own 100 backstroke Canadian record (58.42) in 58.21, coming just .09 seconds away from the world record...won the women's 100 backstroke in a
world record time of 58.10 at theÂ
2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest on July 25 (
Full Story)...also helped Canada to the bronze medal in the mixed medley relay on July 26 (
Full Story).
2015-16: Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games, winning the women's 100-metre backstroke in a Canadian record time of 59.06 seconds on April 6, 2016...claimed the
2016 Olympic bronze medal in the 100 backstroke in a Canadian record time of 58.76 seconds on August 8, 2016 (
Full Story)...finished fifth in 2016 Olympic 4x100 medley relay in a Canadian record time of 3:55.49.
2014-15: Won the gold medal in the 100 backstroke at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju (
Full Story).
2013-14: Was a member of the Canada Games team in 2013 and competed at the 2014 Pan Am Sports Festival.
Varsity:
2018-19: Named U of T's T-Holders' female athlete of the year.Â
2017-18: Named U of T's T-Holders' female athlete of the year.Â
2016-17: Named U of T's T-Holders' female athlete of the year.Â
2015-16: Won the BLG Award as the CIS female athlete of the year (
Full Story)...named U of T's T-Holders' female athlete of the year.Â
2014-15: Named U of T's female rookie of the year.Â
OUA Championships
2019: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 1st 50 free...named the OUA swimmer of the year.Â
2018: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 50 free, 1st 100 fly...named the OUA swimmer of the year.Â
2017: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back,1st 200 IM...named the OUA swimmer of the year...won the Dr. Jeno Tihanyi IM award.Â
2016: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 1st 100 fly...named the OUA swimmer of the year.Â
2015: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 1st 200 IM...named the OUA swimmer and rookie of the year...won the Dr. Jeno Tihanyi IM award.Â
U SPORTS Championships
2019:Â 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 2nd 50 fly...named the U SPORTS female swimmer of the year.
2018:Â 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 1st 100 fly...named the U SPORTS female swimmer of the year.
2017: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 2nd 200 IM...named the U SPORTS female swimmer of the year.
2016: 1st 50 back, 1st 100 back, 1st 200 back, 2nd 200 IM...named the U SPORTS female swimmer of the year.
2015: 2nd 50 back, 2nd 100 back, 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 100 flyÂ
Personal:
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