Tessa Cieplucha

Tessa Cieplucha (born 24 September 1998) is a Canadian swimmer who primarily competes in the individual medley. A member of the Canadian National Team, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the women's 400 m individual medley when she won gold in 2019 in Lima. Cieplucha made her national team debut with Canada at the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships and swam the 1,500 m freestyle the following year at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships where she finished 15th.[1]

Tessa Cieplucha
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998[1]
Oakville, Ontario
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
College teamUniversity of Tennessee[1]
CoachMatt Kredich

Career

International Swimming League

In Spring of 2020, Tessa signed to the Toronto Titans, the first professional swimming team to represent Canada and part of the International Swimming League (ISL).[3]

Pan American Games
  • 2019 – 400IM Pan American Champion (Gold), and finalist in 200 Br (7th)

Collegiate Career 2016-2020[4][5]


  • University of Tennessee, coached under Director of Swimming Matt Kredich
  • Four-time NCAA All-American (2018-2019)
  • 2020 CSCAA All-American (First Team)
  • Four-time SEC medalist (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
  • 2020 SEC Champion (Gold) in both 400IM and 800 Free Relay, 4th in 200IM and 200 Fly
  • Part of the first ever University of Tennessee Women’s SEC Team Title (2020)
  • Current University of Tennessee program record holder in both the 400IM and 800 Free Relay

Canadian Swimming Trials
  • 2019 – Bronze medalist in 400IM
  • 2018 – Bronze medalist in 400IM
  • 2016 – Summer Nationals Silver in 400IM
  • 2016 – Olympic Trials – 4th in 400 IM, 6th in 800 Fr
  • 2015 – Summer Nationals Silver in 800 Fr, Bronze in 400 IM and 4x200 Free Relay
  • 2014 – National Champion in 1500m freestyle (Gold), 4th in 400 IM

[6][7]

Junior National Competitions

Represented Canada at the:

  • 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships finishing 9th in 400 IM
  • 2015 Junior Worlds Swimming Championships (Singapore) finishing 10th in 400IM
  • 2014 Junior Worlds Open Water Championships (Hungary)

[6] [7]

References
  1. "Tessa Cieplucha profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "Tessa Cieplucha". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. https://torontotitans.club/
  4. "2019-20 Swimming & Diving Roster". University of Tennessee Athletics.
  5. "Tessa Cieplucha Bio". SwimSwam.
  6. "Tessa Cieplucha". Swimming Canada.
  7. "Tess Cieplucha". 8 April 2019.
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