Kelsey Wog

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1998)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}

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| name = Kelsey Wog

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| full_name = Kelsey Lauren Wog

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|09|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| height = 170 cm

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| club = Cali Condors (ISL 2019);{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isl-announces-the-cali-condors-team-roster-for-the-2019-season-300865562.html|title = ISL Announces the Cali Condors Team Roster for the 2019 Season}} Toronto Titans (ISL 2020)

| collegeteam = University of Manitoba{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/swimmer/kelsey-wog/|title = Kelsey Wog – Swimming Canada}}

| coach = Vlastimil Cerny

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Windsor|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Melbourne|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Taipei|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Maui|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Maui|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Maui|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Maui|100 m breaststroke}}

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Kelsey Lauren Wog (born September 19, 1998) is a Canadian former breaststroke swimmer.[http://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelsey-wog/ COC Profile] She won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m). At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui, Wog captured two individual medals. She earned silver in the 200-m breaststroke and bronze in the 100 m breaststroke. She also contributed to a silver medal in the 4×100-m medley relay with teammates Danielle Hanus, Rebecca Smith and Sarah Darcel. She is a resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is currently a member of the Toronto Titans for the International Swimming League.

She was named to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she placed twenty-third in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke and was disqualified from the 200 m breaststroke.{{Cite web|title=Winnipeg's Kelsey Wog punches ticket to Tokyo Olympics, qualifies in three events|url=https://winnipegsun.com/sports/olympics/winnipegs-kelsey-wog-earns-olympic-swimming-berth|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Winnipeg Sun|language=en-CA}}{{Cite web|title=Wog comes up short in 200m breaststroke semi|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/olympics/wog-comes-up-short-in-200m-breaststroke-semi-574956602.html|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=June 22, 2022|website=Winnipeg Free Press|language=en-CA}}

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Wog placed first in the heats of the 200 m breakstroke, and then fifth in the semi-finals to qualify for the event final.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/06/22/mcintosh-and-masse-win-gold-to-highlight-historic-night-at-worlds/ |title=McIntosh and Masse win gold to highlight historic night at Worlds |date=June 22, 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=June 21, 2022}} She was fourth in the event final, 0.66 seconds behind American bronze medalist Kate Douglass. She remarked "fourth is fourth but I'm really proud of my effort."{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/06/23/liendo-completes-double-double-oleksiak-and-wog-place-fourth/ |title=Liendo completes double-double, Oleksiak and Wog place fourth |date=June 23, 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=June 24, 2022}} Wog then competed the breaststroke leg for Team Canada in the heats of the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, helping the team qualify to the final in fourth position. She was replaced in the final by Rachel Nicol, but shared in the team's bronze medal win.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/06/25/summer-mcintosh-wins-record-second-gold-fourth-medal-as-canada-completes-best-ever-performance/ |title=Summer McIntosh wins record second gold, fourth medal as Canada completes best-ever performance |date=June 25, 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=June 26, 2022}} At the age of 26, she retired from swimming in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Matthew De George-Senior |date=2024-09-19 |title=Canadian Olympian Kelsey Wog Announces Retirement |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/canadian-olympian-kelsey-wog-announces-retirement/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Swimming World News |language=en-US}}

Awards and honors

  • 2020 Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year{{Cite news|url=https://gobisons.ca/sports/2020/3/27/2020-brown-and-gold-awards.aspx?path=general|title=2020 Brown and Gold Awards|website=gobisons.ca/| date=2020-03-27|access-date=2021-07-24|language=en}}
  • 2020 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards Recipient{{Cite news|url=https://news.umanitoba.ca/kelsey-wog-wins-2020-u-sports-female-athlete-of-the-year/|title=Kelsey Wog wins 2020 U SPORTS Female Athlete of the Year|website=umanitoba.ca/|date=2020-06-26|access-date=2021-07-23|language=en}}

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