Sophie Angus

Sophie Angus
Personal information
NationalityCanadian, American
Born (1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 25)
Weston, Connecticut, United States
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamNorthwestern University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Canada
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples 4×100 m medley

Sophie Angus (born 12 March 1999) is a Canadian-American swimmer who competes internationally for Canada.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships swimming the breaststroke leg in the women's 4×100 m medley.

Career

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Raised in Connecticut, Angus was the number 3 ranked graduating senior in high school in the state and ranked number 35 overall by collegeswimming.com.[3] Angus remains the Connecticut record holder in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events. As a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she was eligible to attend both countries' Olympic trials for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the Canadian trials, she placed seventeenth in the 100 m breastroke, which gave her the qualifier time to participate in the 2016 United States Olympic trials.[4] She appeared at the American trials as well, but did not make the team. Angus committed permanently to the Canadian national team and made the finals at the 2017 Canadian Swimming Trials.[3]

Angus first represented Canada at the 2018 World Swimming Championships, where she finished in 26th place in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke.[5][6] The following year, Angus made the Canadian team for the 2019 Summer Universiade, winning a bronze medal after swimming in the heats of the 4×100 m medley relay.[7]

Angus contemplated retiring from competitive swimming in March 2022, but ultimately opted to continue, later citing her dreams of winning a World medal and qualifying to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] At the Canadian trials in April, she won the 100 m breaststroke gold with a personal best time of 1:07.60, which she said "shocked" her.[9] This qualified Angus for her first World Aquatics Championships, appearing at the 2022 edition in Budapest and finishing 24th in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke.[10] She was also part of Canada's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Angus swam the breaststroke leg in the heats of the 4×100 m mixed medley. She was replaced by James Dergousoff in the final, but received a silver medal after the team finished second there.[11][12] She won a second silver as part of the women's 4×100 m medley team, again assigned the breaststroke leg.[13] Angus called the summer's results "something I never could have dreamed of."[14]

At the 2023 Canadian trials, Angus won the 100 m breaststroke for the second consecutive year.[15] At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships she did not advance out of the heats in either the 50 m or 100 m breaststroke, but won a bronze medal swimming the breaststroke leg for the Canadian team in the women's 4×100 m medley. Angus posted times of 1:06.30 in the heats and 1:06.21 in the relay final, both considered "surprise" results based on past performances.[16][17] Her 1:06:21 was the second-best breaststroke split for a Canadian woman since Annamay Pierse's Canadian record performance of 1:05.74 in July 2009. Speaking afterward, Angus said the medal had fulfilled one of her dreams, and cited her teammates as "the ones that keep pushing me. I'm very glad I made that choice to still be here and looking forward to next year.""[8]

While many of Canada's top swimmers opted to skip the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Angus was named to the team.[18] She reached the final of the 100 m breaststroke, finishing eighth of the eight finalists.[19] Again swimming the breaststroke leg in the 4×100 m medley relay, she won a second consecutive bronze medal in the event.[20]

Personal

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Her father Bruce Angus played soccer at Duke University before going on to play professionally in Canada.[3] She attended college and competed at Northwestern University where both her father and mother graduated and received their masters degrees in business administration.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming Canada profile". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ Penland, Spencer (22 February 2020). "2020 Women's B1G Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sophie Angus profile". Northwestern University sports. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Weston swimmer qualifies for U.S. Olympic trials". The Connecticut Post. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ "14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Women's 50m Breaststroke". FINA. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Two gold medals cement strong finish at Commonwealth Games". Swimming Canada. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Summer McIntosh wins gold in 400m IM, becomes only Canadian swimmer with 4 world titles". CBC Sports. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. ^ "McIntosh tops star-studded 200 free as national team qualifiers grow". Swimming Canada. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Stage is set for Kylie Masse to chase third straight World 100 m backstroke title". Swimming Canada. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. ^ Rieder, David (2 August 2022). "Emma McKeon Anchors Australian Mixed Medley Relay to Gold; Record-Setting 19 Commonwealth Medals". Swimming World. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Joshua Liendo golden to lead three-medal night". Swimming Canada. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Two gold medals cement strong finish at Commonwealth Games". Swimming Canada. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. ^ Angus, Sophie (6 August 2022). "Thankful for everyone that made this summer something I never could have dreamed of🤍❤️" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2 September 2023.
  15. ^ Kano, Shintaro (27 June 2023). "Summer McIntosh keeps cruising at Canadian swimming trials". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  16. ^ Li, Yanyan (30 July 2023). "Fukuoka 2023, Day 8 North America: After prelims scare, King gets the job done for USA". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  17. ^ Wild, Mark (30 July 2023). "2023 World Championships: Night 8 Relay Analysis: The Women". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Katerine Savard to lead Canadian swim team devoid of Olympic stars into aquatics worlds". CBC Sports. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Canada's Ingrid Wilm earns backstroke bronze for 1st long course individual world medal". CBC Sports. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Medley bronze caps successful Worlds for Canada". Swimming Canada. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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