Alyson Ackman

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Alyson Ackman

| image =

| caption =

| full_name = Alyson Patricia Ackman

| nickname = Aly

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|02|06}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = 163 cm{{cite web|title=Alyson Ackman|url=http://panam.cbc.ca/athletes/athlete/alyson-ackman/index.html|website=panam.cbc.ca|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=24 July 2015}}

| weight = 60 kg

| club = Pointe-Claire Swim Club

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Gold Coast|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Toronto | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima |4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima |4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Toronto | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Lima |400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Lima |4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|4×100 m freestyle}}

}}

Alyson Patricia "Aly" Ackman (born 6 February 1993){{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/swimming/1051193/a_ackman.html |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |website=results.glasgow2014.com |access-date=3 August 2014 |archive-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802145313/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/swimming/1051193/a_ackman.html |url-status=usurped }} is a professional swimmer competing on the Canadian National Swim Team since 2013. In 2016, she retired from her professional swimming career to pursue a career as a personal trainer and swimming coach. Before her retirement, she won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 Freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4 x 100 Freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.{{cite news |last=Chase |first=Sean |date=3 August 2014 |title=Commonwealth Games victories for Alyson Ackman |url=http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2014/08/03/commonwealth-games-victories-for-alyson-ackman |newspaper=Daily Observer |accessdate=3 August 2014 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628040238/http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2014/08/03/commonwealth-games-victories-for-alyson-ackman |url-status=dead }}

At the 2014 FINA Pan Pacific Championships Ackman came 12th in the 200m freestyle, 14th in the 100m freestyle, 18th in the 400m freestyle, 4th in the 4×100 freestyle, and won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.{{cite web|title=Alyson Ackman|url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/alyson-ackman/|website=olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=24 July 2015}}

In 2015 Ackman competed at the Pan American Games and the FINA World Championship (Kazan, Russia). During the Pan American Games, she earned a gold medal in 4 X 100 Freestyle and 4 X 200 Freestyle events.

Coming out of retirement in January 2019, Ackman competed in several international meets, including the 2018 Canadian Swimming Trials and Swimming Nationals and the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials, where she qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Ackman captained the Penn State Varsity Team her senior year before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Luke Synnestvedt.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}