Nadine Rolland

Nadine Rolland (born May 8, 1975) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became an official member of the Canadian squad at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, following a controversy on the swimming federation's decision to forbid her from the team.[2]

Nadine Rolland
Personal information
Full nameNadine Rolland
Nickname(s)Nadou
National team Canada
Born (1975-05-08) May 8, 1975
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCowansville

Roland competed in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She finished third in a FINA A-cut of 25.94 from the Canadian Olympic Trials in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but offered another chance to earn a spot for the team, after Marianne Limpert decided to pull herself out of the event.[3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat eight, including U.S. legend Dara Torres and Australia's overwhelming favorite Susie O'Neill. Diving in with a 0.75-second deficit, Rolland scorched the field to hold off O'Neill's teammate Sarah Ryan for a seventh seed by a slim margin in a time of 26.04. Rolland missed the semifinals by a small fraction of a second, as she placed twenty-second overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nadine Rolland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  2. "Rolland wins appeal; added to Commonwealth swim team". CBC Sports. July 22, 2002. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 8)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  4. McRae, Toby (August 9, 2000). "Rolland thrown a lifeline". Winnipeg Sun. Canoe.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 8" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
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