Cole Pratt
Canadian swimmer
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Cole Pratt (born 13 August 2002) is a Canadian swimmer who competes primarily in the backstroke and individual medley races.[2][1]
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 2002[1] Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cascade Swim Club Toronto Titans Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Pratt competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships[3] in the men's 200 m backstroke, where he finished twenty-sixth overall, as well as in the 200 metre individual medley, where he finished thirty-sixth. At the 2019 World Junior Championships he competed in the 50 m backstroke, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay (men & mixed), and the 4x100 metre medley relays (men & mixed). He won a bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay swimming the backstroke leg in 54.79.[4]
Pratt broke the men's 200 m backstroke Canadian record SCM at the December 2019 Ontario Junior International[5] (OJI) swim meet in a time of 1:51.30.[6] He is tied for the record for the most medals ever won at a single Canada Games by a male athlete with ten. Pratt won those ten medals including five gold at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg.[7]
During the 2020–21 season of the International Swimming League, Pratt joined the league's expansion team the Toronto Titans.[8][9] In June 2021, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10] Pratt finished twenty-sixth in the heats of the 100 m backstroke.[11]
Personal
His older sister Halle Pratt competes as a member of Canada's artistic swimming team.[12] Halle and Cole were one of three sets of siblings that represented Canada at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.[13]
