fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
sinead c. russell blue waves swim club burlington , ontario 69 kg lb on 1.76 m ftin on 15 june 1993 sinead russell
 backstroke sinead russell university of florida
sinead russell

sinead c. russell -lrb- born june 15 , 1993 -rrb- is a canadian competition swimmer from burlington , ontario who swam for the oakville dolphins swim club in oakville , ontario .
in march 2012 , russell competed at the 2012 canadian olympic swim trials in montreal , where she qualified for two events , the 100 metre backstroke and the 200 metre backstroke .
at the 2012 summer olympics in the women 's 100-metre backstroke , russell finished in 13th place in the heats and qualified for the semifinals , but did not secure a place in the finals .
in the 200-metre backstroke heats , russell touched the wall third in her heat and advanced to the semifinals .
in the semifinals , russell was in first position after the first length , touching the wall before eventual gold medal winner missy franklin but lost speed and touched the wall third with a time of 2:08.76 , which was still enough to qualify her for the 8th and final spot in the final .
in the final , russell finished 8th with a time of 2:09.86 .
currently , russell attends the university of florida on an athletic scholarship , and swam for coach gregg troy 's florida gators swimming and diving team in national collegiate athletic association -lrb- ncaa -rrb- and southeastern conference -lrb- sec -rrb- competition in 2013 and 2014 , while continuing to swim at the international level with swim canada .
during her freshman and sophomore seasons as a gator , she received fourteen all-american honours , the most an american college swimmer may receive in two years .
russell was sidelined with a blood clot in her brain in mid-january 2015 , but hopes to return to competitive swimming as her health situation is resolved .
she is the younger sister of colin russell , another canadian swimmer who competed in the 2008 and 2012 olympics .
