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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women"s 100-metre backstroke, Russell finished in 13th place in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, but did not secure a place in the finals.
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Sinead Russell
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In March 2012, Russell competed at the 2012 Canadian Olympic swim trials in Montreal, where she qualified for two events, the 100 metre backstroke and the 200 metre backstroke. In the 200-metre backstroke heats, Russell touched the wall third in her heat and advanced to the semifinals. In the final, Russell finished 8th with a time of 2:09.86.
Currently, Russell attends the University of Florida on an athletic scholarship, and swam for coach Gregg Troy"s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) competition in 2013 and 2014, while continuing to swim at the international level with Swim Canada.
During her freshman and sophomore seasons as a Gator, she received fourteen All-American honours, the most an American college swimmer may receive in two years. Russell was sidelined with a blood clot in her brain in mid-January 2015, but hopes to return to competitive swimming as her health situation is resolved.
She is the younger sister of Colin Russell, another Canadian swimmer who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
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