Cole Pratt
{{short description|Canadian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Cole Pratt
| image = ColePratt.jpg
| caption = Cole Pratt in 2020
| fullname =
| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|8|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada{{Cite web|title=Cole Pratt|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/cole-pratt/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|date=24 June 2021 |language=en-US}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| weight = 79 kg
| strokes = Backstroke, medley
| club = Cascade Swim Club
Toronto Titans Swim Club
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Budapest | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 Suva | 200 m backstroke}}
}}
Cole Pratt (born 13 August 2002) is a Canadian swimmer who competes primarily in the backstroke and individual medley races.{{cite web |url=https://calgarysun.com/sports/other-sports/calgary-teen-making-splash-on-national-stage |title=Calgary teen making splash on national stage |work=Calgary Sun |access-date=25 July 2019}}
Career
Pratt competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070102EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |title=18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 200m Backstroke start list |work=FINA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721164151/http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070102EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2019 |access-date=25 July 2019}} in the men's 200 m backstroke, where he finished twenty-sixth overall, as well as in the 200 metre individual medley, where he finished thirty-sixth. At the 2019 World Junior Championships he competed in the 50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay (men & mixed), and the 4x100 metre medley relays (men & mixed). He won a bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay swimming the backstroke leg in 54.79.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/competition-detailed-results/7th-fina-world-junior-swimming-championships-2019-men-4x100m-medley-relay/event |title=Results {{!}} fina.org - Official FINA website|website=www.fina.org|access-date=17 April 2020}}
Pratt broke the men's 200 m backstroke Canadian record SCM at the December 2019 Ontario Junior International{{Cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/cole-pratt-takes-down-markus-thormeyers-200-backstroke-canadian-record/ |title=Cole Pratt Takes Down Markus Thormeyer's 200 Backstroke Canadian Record |date=16 December 2019 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |access-date=17 April 2020}} (OJI) swim meet in a time of 1:51.30.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/records/ |title=Records |website=Swimming Canada |language=en-CA |access-date=17 April 2020}} He is tied for the record for the most medals ever won at a single Canada Games by a male athlete with ten. Pratt won those ten medals including five gold at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg.{{Cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/hendersonpratt-setthemselvesapart-at2017-canadasummergames/ |title=Henderson & Pratt Set Themselves Apart At 2017 Canada Summer Games |date=14 August 2017 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |access-date=22 April 2020}}
During the 2020–21 season of the International Swimming League, Pratt joined the league's expansion team the Toronto Titans.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://isl.global/ |access-date=14 September 2020 |website=International Swimming League |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=9 September 2020 |title=ISL Rosters: Sanchez & Masse Head New Toronto Titans Roster For ISL Season 2 |url=https://swimswam.com/isl-rosters-sanchez-masse-head-new-toronto-titans-roster-for-isl-season-2/ |access-date=14 September 2020 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}} In June 2021, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Canada's young swim talent books Tokyo berths at Olympic trials|url=https://kitchener.citynews.ca/around-ontario/canadas-young-swim-talent-books-tokyo-berths-at-olympic-trials-3890587|access-date=2021-06-27|website=KitchenerToday.com|date=20 June 2021 |language=en}} Pratt finished twenty-sixth in the heats of the 100 m backstroke.{{Cite news|title=Kylie Masse loses Olympic backstroke record minutes after winning heat |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/swimming/canada-tokyo-olympics-swimming-heats-july25-1.6116449 |date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=2021-08-15|work=CBC Sports |last=Harrison |first=Doug}}
Personal
His older sister Halle Pratt competes as a member of Canada's artistic swimming team.{{cite news |title=Calgary teen making splash on national stage |author=Brandon McNeil |url=https://calgarysun.com/sports/other-sports/calgary-teen-making-splash-on-national-stage |website=Calgary Sun |date=11 April 2019 |access-date=24 March 2021}} Halle and Cole were one of three sets of siblings that represented Canada at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.{{Cite web|title=Team Canada to take 371 athletes to Tokyo 2020|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/team-canada-to-take-371-athletes-to-tokyo-2020|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Tokyo 2020|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Swimming Canada|cole-pratt}}
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Category:Canadian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Canadian male backstroke swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada