Aurélie Rivard

Aurélie Rivard (born May 14, 1996) is a Canadian swimmer.[1] A Quebecer, she is from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, where she trained at the Club de natation du Haut-Richelieu. In 2017 she moved to Montreal and began training with Canada's High Performance Center.[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] She currently holds three World Records in her category.

Aurélie Rivard
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996
Sport
Disability classS10, SB9, SM10
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 3 2 0
World Championships 2 5 2
Commonwealth Games 0 0 1
Parapan American Games 6 1 0
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m individual medley SM10
2012 LondonS10 400 m freestyle
World Championships
2015 GlasgowS10 50 m freestyle
2015 GlasgowS10 400 m freestyle
2013 MontrealS10 400 m freestyle
2013 Montreal4x100 m freestyle relay
2013 MontrealSM10 200 m ind. medley
2015 GlasgowS10 200 m ind. medley
2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S10
2013 MontrealS10 100 m freestyle
2013 MontrealS10 50 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowSM10 200 m ind. medley
Parapan American Games
2015 TorontoS10 50 m freestyle
2015 TorontoS10 100 m freestyle
2015 TorontoS10 400 m freestyle
2015 TorontoS10 100 m backstroke
2015 TorontoS10 100 m butterfly
2015 TorontoS10 200 m ind. medley
2015 TorontoSB9 100 m breaststroke

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]

At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Rivard, who was 19 at the time, became the most decorated female athlete of Parapan Am history, after winning seven medals, six of which were gold.[7]

After winning three Paralympics gold medals, claiming a silver Paralympic medal and setting two World Records and a Paralympic Record at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Paraswimmer was named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.[8]

References
  1. Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved December 14, 2014. (search for "Rivard")
  2. "Aurelie Rivard Named Swimming Canada's Para-Swimmer of the Year". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Sports Publications, Inc. November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. Canadian Press (September 5, 2012). "Canadian swimmers add to Paralympic medal haul". National Post. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. "Results: Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  5. "Sophie Pascoe secures second Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014". International Paralympic Committee. August 30, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  6. "Aurelie Rivard is Swimming Canada's 2014 Para-Swimmer of the Year". CBC News. November 28, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. "Largest Ever Parapan Am Games Make History". Toronto 2015. August 15, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  8. "Meet Aurelie Rivard". CBC. September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.


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