{"id":480707,"date":"2021-07-03T21:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T04:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=480707"},"modified":"2021-07-04T06:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T13:19:49","slug":"canadian-olympic-medalist-emily-overholt-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-olympic-medalist-emily-overholt-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Olympic Medalist Emily Overholt Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Olympian Emily Overholt announced her retirement from swimming Thursday after falling short of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

Overholt was part of the Canadian team<\/a> for the Rio Olympics in 2016 at age 18. She finished fifth in the 400 individual medley and 25th in the 400 freestyle. As a last-minute fill-in, she helped the Canadian women\u2019s 800 free relay win a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Overholt made the announcement via Instagram, citing an injury that required surgery in January for slowing her in 2021.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Emily Overholt (@emilyoverholt)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n