It was while watching the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games that Samantha Nealon decided she wanted to pursue swimming for Canada. She got that chance in 2011 when she joined the Junior National Team and competed at the Pan American Championships, helping Canada win gold in the team event. It was also in 2011 that she gained exposure to multi-sport competition at the Canada Games. In 2012, she was part of the team that finished fourth at the FINA World Junior Championships. She earned a couple more near-podium results at the 2013 Summer Universiade. In 2014 she was a reserve for the team that competed at the FINA World Cup in Quebec City and in 2015, she won the gold medal in the team event at the Toronto PanAm Games.

• Family: Parents Joseph and Caroline… Younger brother Kyle… Grandfather Richard Mattiussi played in the NHL in the late 1960s… 
• Getting into the Sport: Started synchro at age 8… One of her friends did the sport recreationally and asked if she’d be interested in coming to a practice to try it… 
• Outside Interests: Enjoys doing yoga…
• Future aspirations: Pursuing Child Studies at Concordia University… Would like to become a primary school teacher… 
• Odds and Ends: Nickname: Sammy… Role model is Sylvie Fréchette because of her courage and tenacity which characterized her synchro career… Collects keychains from the places she travels to…
• Favourite motto: “No pain, no gain”
• Why she loves Synchro: For its artistic side and the opportunity that everyone is able to put their own ideas in the creation of the routine.

Competition	Year	Location	Event (Result)	Download
Olympic Qualifier	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Team (4)	Results
FINA World Championships	2015	Kazan, RUS	Combo (6), Team Free (7), Team Technical (6)	Results
Pan Am Games	2015	Toronto, ON	Team (1)	Results
Shiseido Canadian Open Championships	2015	Toronto, ON	Team Free (1), Team Technical (1)	Results
FINA World Trophy	2014	CHN
FINA World Cup	2014	Quebec City, QC	Team (4), Highlight Team (2)	Results
Spanish Open	2014	Castillon, ESP	Team (2)	Results
Japan Open	2014	Amagasaki, JPN	Team (2)	Results
Canadian Open Championships	2014	Saskatoon, SK	Team Free(1), Team Technical(1)	Results
Summer Universiade	2013	Kazan, RUS	Team Free (4), Team Technical (4), Solo Technical (6), Solo Free (6)	Results
Canadian Open Championships	2013	Quebec City, QC	Team Technical (1)	Results
FINA World Junior Championships	2012	Volos, GRE	Team (4), Combo (5), Figures (62)	Results
UANA Pan American Championships	2011	Montreal, QC	Team (1), Combo (1), Figures (17)	Results

Competition	Year	Location	Event (Result)	Download
Canadian Open Championships	2012	Victoria, BC	Combo (3), Team (3), Solo (8), Figures (9)	Results
Canadian Open Championships	2011	Calgary, AB	Combo (3), Team (3), Solo (11), Figures (28)	Results
Canada Games	2011	Halifax, NS	Team (3), Figures (18)	Results
Canadian Open Championships	2010	Charlottetown, PEI	Team (2), Combo (3), Solo (11), Figures (32)	Results
Canadian Espoir Championships	2009	London, ON	Solo (11), Figures (12)	Results