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mortimer september 2012 at the olympic heroes parade in toronto , summer ashley mortimer reg chappell -lrb- current -rrb- ducks swimming club 61 kg lb on canada , the netherlands 1.73 m in on 22 april 1993 summer ashley mortimer 2012 olympic heroes parade.jpg summer mortimer
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summer ashley mortimer -lrb- born april 22 , 1993 -rrb- is a canadian paraswimmer who initially competed internationally for canada , but switched to the netherlands national paralympic team in 2014 .
she has won seven world-championship finals for canada and the netherlands , and four medals for canada at her first paralympic games in london : two gold , one silver and one bronze .
mortimer competed in the 2008 canadian olympic trials as an able-bodied swimmer , and retrained as a paraswimmer after a trampolining accident .
she began competing at the international level in 2010 with an sm10 classification , setting world records in the process -lrb- one of which she broke again in qualifying for the 2012 paralympics -rrb- .
competing in six events , mortimer won medals in all four individual races .
she holds world records in the s10 50 - and 100-metre long-course freestyle and the 50 - 100 - and 200-metre backstroke .
in 2013 mortimer applied to join the netherlands national team , and announced her transfer in june 2014 .
winning three medals -lrb- two gold and one silver -rrb- at the 2014 ipc championships , she set two european records and expressed disappointment for not setting world records .
