Jacqueline Simoneau

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Jacqueline Simoneau

| image =Jacqueline Simoneau en MEL 2018.png

| strokes = Synchronized swimming

| club = Canada Artistic Swimming

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|29}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = 1.68 m

| weight = 53 kg

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

}}

Jacqueline Simoneau (born September 29, 1996) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer.{{Cite web|title=Jacqueline Simoneau|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/jacqueline-simoneau/|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website|language=en-US}}

Career

In 2011, Simoneau won a gold medal in the Solo and Duet events, and a silver medal in the Figure event at the 2011 UANA Pan American Championships. In 2012, she qualified for her first National Team where she won a bronze medal in the Team event at the Comen Cup. In the same year, she won a bronze medal in the Solo event at the 2012 FINA World Junior Championships. In 2013, she won a bronze medal in both the Technical and Free team at the Brazil Open. She finished 5th at the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in the Technical team and Combo events, and 6th at the Free Team event. Simoneau won a silver medal in the Solo event at the 2014 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships, getting gold in the Technical Routine and silver in the Free routine. She finished 6th place in the Technical Solo event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

She has been ranked consistently among the world's best five solo and duet synchronized swimmers between 2013 and 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=262&Itemid=1736 |title=Results |website=www.fina.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725170439/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=262&Itemid=1736 |archive-date=July 25, 2015}}

See Simoneau's success in Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Simoneau, and the Canadian Senior National Artistic Swimming Team, trains 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Olympian timeline

Simoneau won two gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. On May 18, 2016, Simoneau was named to Canada's 2016 Olympics team in the duet event.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/synchronized-swimmers-jacqueline-simoneau-karine-thomas-named-for-rio-1.3587671|title=Synchronized swimmers Jacqueline Simoneau, Karine Thomas named for Rio|date=May 18, 2016|newspaper=Canadian Press|access-date=May 19, 2016|location=Toronto, Canada}} In Rio, Simoneau and her teammate Karine Thomas finished seventh.{{cite news|url=https://www.journaldechambly.com/une-experience-incroyable-pour-jacqueline-simoneau/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711190826/https://www.journaldechambly.com/une-experience-incroyable-pour-jacqueline-simoneau/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2019|title=Une expérience incroyable pour Jacqueline Simoneau|author=Demers, Xavier|date=August 18, 2016|newspaper=Journal de Chambly|access-date=August 19, 2016|location=Chambly, Canada|language=fr}} In July 2019, Canada's Olympic team – led by Simoneau – competed in Gwangju, Korea, where their team finished 7th in both Free and Technical team, and 4th in the Highlight routine; Simoneau and Claudia Holzner's Technical duet placed 7th and their Free 6th; Simoneau's Technical and Free solos placed 5th.{{Cite web|url=https://artisticswimming.ca/event/2019-fina-world-championships/|title=2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS|website=Canada Artistic Swimming|language=en-US|access-date=November 4, 2019}} These results led to the qualification of Simoneau and Holzner's Women's Technical Duet, and the Canadian Women's Free and Technical Teams to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://claudiaholzner.com/2019/09/02/we-qualified-for-the-olympics/|title=WE QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS!!|last=Holzner|first=Claudia|date=September 2, 2019|website=Claudia Holzner|language=en|access-date=November 4, 2019}}

Education

Simoneau attends Vanier College: Saint Laurent in Quebec, Canada, studying Health Science.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/jacqueline-simoneau|title=Jacqueline Simoneau {{!}} fina.org – Official FINA website|website=www.fina.org|access-date=November 5, 2019}}

Leadership and activism

Simoneau is an RBC Olympian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.com/community-social-impact/athletes/olympic-sponsorship.html|title=Sponsoring Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympic Athletes|website=www.rbc.com|language=en|access-date=November 5, 2019}} She mentors student athletes in Quebec.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} She is an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation,{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/jacqueline-simoneau/|title=Jacqueline Simoneau|date=May 27, 2015|website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website|language=en|access-date=November 5, 2019}} for AthletesCAN and the Foundation of Stars (a non-profit organization which does pediatric research) and Fast and Female, an organization which aims to increase confidence and leadership in girls through sport participation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastandfemale.com/ambassadors/|title=Canada Ambassadors – Fast and Female|language=en-US|access-date=November 5, 2019}}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}

{{Footer Pan American Champions Artistic swimming women's duet}}{{Footer Pan American Champions Artistic swimming teams}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simoneau, Jacqueline}}

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian synchronized swimmers

Category:Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in synchronized swimming

Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Category:Artistic swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships