FINLAY KNOX
Swimming
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Growing up in New Zealand, Finlay Knox spent his childhood surfing and bodyboarding at the local beach. He began swimming competitively at age 7 when his family emigrated to Canada and fell in love with the sport.
During the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Finlay broke the national record in the 200 individual medley. This qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he placed seventeenth in the men’s 200m individual medley.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Finlay won a bronze with the men’s team in the 4×100 m freestyle – the first men’s relay medal for Canada at the Commonwealth Games since 2006. The 2022 Short Course World Championships saw Finlay break the 200m medley Canadian record again—the 9th fastest time in world history.
He won his first major gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in the men’s 200 m individual medley and contributed to four bronze-medal relays.
In 2024, Finlay became the first Canadian man in 17 years to win a gold medal in swimming at the World Aquatics Championships. This victory made him Canada’s first World Champion in the men’s 200m individual medley since 1978.
