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Annamay Pierse (born December 5, 1983) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in major international swimming championships including the Summer Olympics, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships. Pierse grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the oldest of five sisters – all competitive swimmers – with and one older and one younger brother. Pierese was a breaststroke specialist and the holder of several Canadian records both long course and short course. She was formerly the world record-holder in the 200-metre long course breaststroke until Rebecca Soni beat her time by 12 hundredths of a second during the 200-metre semifinals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.〔http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2012/08/01/soni-sets-world-record-in-200-breast-semifinals〕 On April 2, 2008 she placed first at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 100-metre breaststroke thereby qualifying her for the Summer Olympic games in Beijing. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished in sixth in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke. She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay. ==2008 Summer Olympic Games== 〔http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=13656〕 Pierse represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed in the following events: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annamay Pierse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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