fullname club birth_place weight height collegeteam birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
tera van beilen oakville aquatic club mississauga , ontario 71 kg lb on 1.82 m ftin on university of british columbia 30 march 1993 tera van beilen
 breaststroke tera van beilen `` teddy ''
tera van beilen

tera van beilen -lrb- born march 30 , 1993 -rrb- is a canadian competition swimmer and olympian .
in the 2010 summer youth olympics in singapore , van beilen won a gold medal in the women 's 100-metre breaststroke and a silver in the 200-metre breaststroke .
in 2012 , while competing in the canadian olympic trials in montreal , van beilen had successfully qualified for her olympic dream .
she placed first with a time of 2:24.03 , ahead of canadian swimmer martha mccabe with a time of 2:24.81 .
van beilen 's timing placed her second in the world for 2012 , behind the 2:22.73 time of reigning american olympic champion rebecca soni .
during the 2012 summer olympics in london , van beilen received much attention as a canadian olympian .
she participated in the women 's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke categories , as well as the women 's 4x100-metre medley relay .
while competing in the women 's 100-metre breaststroke , she proceeded to the semi-finals , only to be eliminated in a swim-off with alia atkinson of jamaica .
outside of the 2012 olympic games , van beilen competes regularly in local , provincial , and international level swimming competitions .
she is currently attending the university of british columbia studying kinesiology , and is an active member of the ubc thunderbirds university swimming team .
she has also achieved personal bests of 1:07.37 in the 100-metre breaststroke , and 2:24.03 in the 200-metre breaststroke .
