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Finlay Knox
Canadian swimmer
Finlay Knox (born January 8, 2001) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.
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Knox was born in England, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was two years old. Knox's family emigrated to Canada when he was seven. Knox was named to his first Canadian national team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At this event, Knox won bronze in the 200 m individual medley The following year, Knox won two medals at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest. As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Knox broke the national record in the 200 individual medley event, with a time of 1:58.07. This qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Knox placed seventeenth in the heats of the men's 200 m individual medley, 0.14 seconds behind Japan's Daiya Seto, and thus missed qualifying to the semi-finals. Knox was part of Canada's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze with the men's team in the 4×100 m freestyle. He was the only member of the team to swim in both the heats and the final.
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