What began as the simple joy of playing in the water as a young child led to an international athletic career when Annabelle Frappier started synchronized swimming at the age of 7. Drawn initially to the artistic side of the sport, she [...]
After 19 years dedicated to the sport of Synchronized Swimming, national team member Sandy Gill has announced her retirement. Originally from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Sandy Gill (view full bio here) fell in love with the sport when she was just eight [...]
Canada’s two synchronized swimmers, Jacqueline Simoneau, 19, from Montreal, QC, and Karine Thomas, 27, from Gatineau, QC, completed their Olympic competition with a powerful performance to finish in 7th place. After posting a Personal Best score yesterday in the Technical Routine, the duo were [...]
Montreal’s Jacqueline Simoneau, 19, and Gatineau’s Karine Thomas, 27, have qualified for the finals of the Olympic Synchronized Swimming Duet competition at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio, Brazil. Starting early, swimming 6th of 24 teams, the duo produced a very strong performance today, according to Head [...]
Montreal’s Jacqueline Simoneau, 19 and Gatineau’s Karine Thomas, 27, began their Olympic Synchronized Duet competition today in Rio, Brazil with the Free Routine Preliminary. In the first round of the three-stage competition, the duo exhibited their trademark power, passion and creativity while swimming their ‘Heartbreak’ routine. [...]
Although Canada has a rich heritage of successful synchronized swimming duets, the duo who will wear the Canadian team colours in the upcoming 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio, have forged their own unique presence in the water. After a decisive victory at [...]
As one door closed, others will open for Synchro Canada in the next two quadrennials as it maps out an eight-year strategy including a focused four-year high performance plan leading into the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. In the midst of [...]
Pair wins bronze in duet event at 2016 Synchro America Open The members of Canada's Olympic-bound synchronized swimming duet, Karine Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau, were in Riverside, California, on Saturday to take part in the finals of the duet event at [...]
The Canadian duet of Karine Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau was in action again today at the 2016 Synchro America Open in Riverside, CA, this time in the preliminary round of the Duet Free event. They performed a powerful and passionate swim [...]
The Canadian pair of Jacqueline Simoneau and Karine Thomas started their participation in the 2016 Synchro America Open today with a third place finish in the duet technical event. "Today has been a hard day for us," stated Head Coach Meng [...]
