Sophie Simard is an international freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 and butterfly

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

 swimmer, who competed for Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. There she swam in the preliminary heats of the 4x200m Freestyle Relay, alongside Joanne Malar

Joanne Malar

Joanne Malar is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Early life:...

, Marianne Limpert

Marianne Limpert

Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...

, and Jessica Deglau

Jessica Deglau

Jessica Deglau was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in swimming in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games...

. In the final she and Malar were replaced by Shannon Shakespeare

Shannon Shakespeare

Shannon Shakespeare is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 17th position in the 200 m Freestyle...

 and Andrea Schwartz

Andrea Schwartz

Andrea Schwartz is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 15th position in the 200m Butterfly, and in 20th place in the 400m Freestyle...

. The resident of Ste-Foy, Quebec was also a member of the Canadian Swimming Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...

 in Melbourne, Australia.