Amélie Kretz

{{short description|Canadian triathlete}}

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| birth_place = Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada

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Amélie Kretz (born 19 May 1993) is a Canadian triathlete.{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/amelie_kretz |title=Amelie Kretz |accessdate=12 June 2016 |work=triathlon.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505224202/http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/amelie_kretz# |archive-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/amelie-kretz/ |title=Amelie Kretz |accessdate=3 October 2016 |work=Team Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807062935/http://olympic.ca/team-canada/amelie-kretz/# |archive-date=7 August 2017 |url-status=live }} She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics with a top-ten finish in the 2016 International Triathlon Union event in Yokohama.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/triathlon/amelie-kretz-triathlon-likely-rio-1.3584112 |title=Amelie Kretz, Canadian triathlete, impresses ahead of Olympics |accessdate=6 June 2016 |work=CBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629140447/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/triathlon/amelie-kretz-triathlon-likely-rio-1.3584112# |archive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=live }} In 2016, she was named in the Canadian Olympic team{{cite web|url=http://www.triathloncanada.com/en/news/latest/?id=3884 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706061720/http://www.triathloncanada.com/en/news/latest/?id=3884 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2016 |title=Canadian Triathlon Team Nominated for Rio 2016 |date=29 June 2016 |website=www.triathloncanada.com/ |publisher=Triathlon Canada |accessdate=29 June 2016 }} and finished in 2 hours, and 2 minutes and 48 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://autopica.com/olympic-rio-2016/triathlon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160822194423/https://autopica.com/olympic-rio-2016/triathlon|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 August 2016|title=Triathlon Tournaments|date=20 August 2016|publisher=Autopica}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kretz continued to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics, by building a small pool in her parents' garage and tethered herself inside.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/amelie-kretz-swimming-indoors-1.5521751|title=Amélie Kretz is swimming to Tokyo, tethered by a rope in her parents' garage |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=cbc.ca.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406175046/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/amelie-kretz-swimming-indoors-1.5521751 |archive-date=6 April 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1720448067665 |title=Olympian Amélie Kretz builds a pool in parent's garage |accessdate=5 April 2020|work=cbc.ca. |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407022247/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1720448067665 |archive-date=7 April 2020 }} In July 2021, Kretz was officially named in Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.{{cite web|last=Awad|first=Brandi|title=Four triathletes ready to swim, bike and run for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/07/07/four-triathletes-ready-to-swim-bike-and-run-for-team-canada-at-tokyo-2020/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=7 July 2021|access-date=7 July 2021}}

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she came 15th in the women's event.{{cite web |title=Triathlon - Women's Individual Triathlon Results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62345649 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=30 July 2022}}