Penny Oleksik

Penelope "Penny" Oleksiak (English: Penelope "Penny" Oleksiak, June 13, 2000 -), born in Toronto, is a Canadian swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly strokes. She won 1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze at the 2015 World Youth Swimming Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she performed well and won the women's 100-meter freestyle championship, the women's 100-meter butterfly silver medal, the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay bronze medal, becoming the single summer Olympic champion as of 2016. The Canadian athlete with the most medals in the 2012 Olympics. In addition, she broke the world junior record and national record in the women's 100-meter butterfly during the Olympics. She also broke the Olympic record and the American record in the women's 100-meter freestyle with American athlete Simone Manuel.