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| club = Newmarket Stingrays
| collegeteam = University of Arizona
| collegeteam = [[Arizona Wildcats|University of Arizona]] (2010-12)<br />[[Iowa Hawkeyes|University of Iowa]] (2012-14)
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 22, 1992}}
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| birth_place = [[Newmarket, Ontario]], Canada
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'''Lindsay Seemann''' (born September 22, 1992) is a [[Canadian]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who participated in the 200 metre backstroke at the [[2008 Summer Olympic Games]].<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/080710/s071083A.html|title=Canada's Lindsay Seemann fourth at world junior swimming championship|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=2008-07-10}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> At 15, she was the youngest athlete on the Canadian Olympic team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic Heroes |work=[[Markham Economist and Sun]] |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref>
'''Lindsay Seemann''' (born September 22, 1992) is a Canadian [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who participated in the 200-metre backstroke at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/080710/s071083A.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115093527/http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/080710/s071083A.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=Canada's Lindsay Seemann fourth at world junior swimming championship |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 10, 2008 }}</ref> At 15, she was the youngest athlete on the Canadian Olympic team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic Heroes |work=Markham Economist and Sun |date=August 23, 2008 }}</ref>


She was born and raised in [[Newmarket, Ontario]] and started her swimming career for the Newmarket Stingrays.{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} Seemann swam for the [[University of Arizona]] Wildcats from 2010 to 2012, before transferring to the [[University of Iowa]], where she swam for the [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] from 2012 to 2014. She retired from competitive swimming in 2014, having won 18 national races and 48 provincial ones.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cuddy Shark: Newmarket Stingrays stars set to dry off in retirement|url=http://www.yorkregion.com/sports-story/4767278-cuddy-shark-newmarket-stingrays-stars-set-to-dry-off-in-retirement/|newspaper=[[The Newmarket Era|Newmarket Era]]|first=John|last=Cudmore|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}</ref><!-- Phoenix Suns and Mercury omitted as she worked in sales there for less than 1 year -->
She was born and raised in [[Newmarket, Ontario]] and started her swimming career for the Newmarket Stingrays.{{citation needed|date=July 2010}}
Lindsay now swims as part of the University of Arizona Swim and Dive team (since 2010).


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.swimming.ca/2008OlympicGamesTeam Swimming Canada - 2008 Olympic Games team]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080407235748/http://www.swimming.ca/2008OlympicGamesTeam Swimming Canada - 2008 Olympic Games team]
*[http://www.newmarketstingrays.org/2008/05/lindsay-seemann-off-to-vancouver-for-10-days/ Lindsay has good results (and some fun)in Vancouver]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727121531/http://www.newmarketstingrays.org/2008/05/lindsay-seemann-off-to-vancouver-for-10-days/ Lindsay has good results (and some fun)in Vancouver]


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| DATE OF BIRTH = September 22, 1992
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Latest revision as of 06:11, 13 December 2024

Lindsay Seemann
Personal information
Full nameLindsay Seemann
National team Canada
Born (1992-09-22) September 22, 1992 (age 32)
Newmarket, Ontario
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubNewmarket Stingrays
College teamUniversity of Arizona (2010-12)
University of Iowa (2012-14)

Lindsay Seemann (born September 22, 1992) is a Canadian swimmer who participated in the 200-metre backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] At 15, she was the youngest athlete on the Canadian Olympic team.[2]

She was born and raised in Newmarket, Ontario and started her swimming career for the Newmarket Stingrays.[citation needed] Seemann swam for the University of Arizona Wildcats from 2010 to 2012, before transferring to the University of Iowa, where she swam for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 2012 to 2014. She retired from competitive swimming in 2014, having won 18 national races and 48 provincial ones.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Canada's Lindsay Seemann fourth at world junior swimming championship". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. July 10, 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "Olympic Heroes". Markham Economist and Sun. August 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Cudmore, John. "Cuddy Shark: Newmarket Stingrays stars set to dry off in retirement". Newmarket Era. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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