Rick Say

Rick Say, born on May eighteenth, nineteen seventy-nine, is a distinguished swimmer from Canada, celebrated for his remarkable achievements in the pool. Growing up in a family of swimmers, he trained with his two brothers and two sisters at the Salmon Arm Sockeye Swim Club. At the age of eighteen, he took a significant step in his swimming career by enrolling at the University of Victoria, where he began to pursue the sport with serious intent.

Say's dedication paid off as he became a prominent member of the National Swim Team starting in nineteen ninety-eight. His illustrious career boasts twenty national titles and Canadian records across five individual events, including the one hundred and two hundred metre freestyle, as well as the four hundred metre freestyle in both short course and long course formats. He has also played a crucial role in numerous national relay records, showcasing his versatility and team spirit.

Throughout his career, Say represented Canada at three Olympic Games in two thousand, two thousand four, and two thousand eight, making it to the finals of the two hundred metre freestyle in both two thousand and two thousand four. His international experience extends to four World Championships, where he was instrumental in Canada's relay teams that reached the finals. Notably, at the two thousand four World Short Course Championships, he earned three medals, including a silver in the two hundred metre freestyle and bronze in both the one hundred metre freestyle and the four by one hundred metre freestyle relay, all achieved in Canadian record time.

Despite facing challenges after two thousand four, including losing his national title in the two hundred metre freestyle to Brent Hayden, Say continued to compete at a high level. He swam a world-class time of one minute and forty-eight seconds at the two thousand six Commonwealth Games, finishing just shy of the podium in fourth place. At the two thousand eight Summer Olympics, he contributed to the Canadian teams that finished sixth in the four by one hundred metre freestyle relay and fifth in the four by two hundred metre freestyle relay, marking the end of a remarkable Olympic journey.