Michelle Toro

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1991)}}

{{other people||Michelle Williams (disambiguation){{!}}Michelle Williams}}

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

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Michelle Toro

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| birth_name = Michelle Williams

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| national_team = {{CAN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1991|1|02}}

| birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa

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| height = 175 cm

| weight = 67 kg{{Cite web |title=Olympic team profile |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/michelle-williams/ |publisher=Olympics Canada |accessdate=April 12, 2016 |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508034815/http://olympic.ca/team-canada/michelle-williams/ |url-status=live }}

| spouse = {{Marriage|Guillermo Toro|2016}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = High Performance Centre - Ontario{{Cite web |title=Michelle Williams (swimmer) |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/swimmer/michelle-williams/ |publisher=Swim Canada |accessdate=April 12, 2016 |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416071258/http://swimming.ca/en/swimmer/michelle-williams/ |url-status=live }}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Canada}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

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

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Windsor|4x50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Windsor|4x50 m mixed free}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

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

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

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Michelle Toro (née Williams; born January 2, 1991) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the freestyle in the sprint distances. She won a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and in the 4 x 100 m medley relay. She also won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 100 m freestyle.

She competed as part of Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, commonly known as Rio 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2016/04/10/swimming-canada-team-nominated-rio-2016-2/ |title=Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016 |date=10 April 2016 |website=Swimming Canada |publisher=Swimming Canada |accessdate=27 April 2016 |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626235028/http://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2016/04/10/swimming-canada-team-nominated-rio-2016-2/ |url-status=live }} Williams would help fellow Canadians Taylor Ruck, Chantal van Landeghem and Sandrine Mainville in the women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay heats, with the team swimming the third fastest time. She then had to make way for teenage star Penelope Oleksiak in the final, where Oleksiak helped anchor the team to the bronze medal.{{cite news |title=Canada wins bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay |url=http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadian-women-contention-for-swimming-medals.html |publisher=CBC Sports |date=August 7, 2016 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825235736/http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadian-women-contention-for-swimming-medals.html |archive-date=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead}} In an interview after the event, Williams said "we've come a long way, this group of us. It's our medal and it's our medal for Canada, it's just so amazing."