Summer’s Bio

• At the 2023 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials, McIntosh broke the 400 freestyle and medley world records. She also broke the Canadian and junior world records in 200 freestyle, butterfly and IM.

• McIntosh brought home 6 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) from the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She broke the World Junior Record in the 200-m individual medley and in the 400-m individual medley and broke the Canadian record in the 400-m freestyle. Her 400 IM time was also a Commonwealth record and Americas record.
• McIntosh broke the world junior record in the three individual events she swam at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest. She won gold in the 200-m butterfly, breaking the world junior record in her semifinal as well as in the final, won gold in the 400-m individual medley and captured silver in the 400-m freestyle. McIntosh was also part of the women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay team that earned bronze. She lowered the world junior 200-m freestyle record in the first leg of the relay.
• McIntosh became the youngest Canadian swimmer to win a gold medal at either a World Aquatics Championships or Olympics

• At the Toronto 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, she broke her Canadian and world junior short-course record to beat American legend Katie Ledecky in the 400-m freestyle, and set Canadian and world junior marks to win the 400 IM. She went on to win the 200 butterfly and break her 800 free Canadian record in a silver medal finish at the Indianapolis leg of the World Cup a few days later.
• She lowered her 400 IM long-course Canadian record from Commonwealth Games at the U.S. Open in North Carolina in Dec. 2022.
• McIntosh was named Swimming Canada’s Female Swimmer of the Year (Olympic Program) and Junior Female Swimmer of the Year for 2022
• During the 2023 Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a few weeks before Trials, McIntosh broke three junior world records over the course of three days in 200-m freestyle, 200-m butterfly and 200 individual medley.
• At the 2021 FINA World Championships (25m), McIntosh was a member of the 4×200-m freestyle that won gold and broke the Canadian and Americas record. McIntosh also swam in the preliminaries for the women’s 4×100-m medley that went on to capture silver. Individually, McIntosh captured silver in the 400-m freestyle, and broke the Canadian record in the 800-m freestyle preliminaries.
• At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Summer McIntosh made her Olympic debut by breaking the Canadian record in the 400-m freestyle preliminaries. She advanced to the final where she finished in fourth place and lowered the record again. McIntosh also finished ninth in the 200-m freestyle and placed 11^th in the 800-m freestyle while setting a national age group record.
• At the same event, McIntosh was a part of the 4×200-m freestyle team that broke the Canadian record and finished fourth. McIntosh also lowered the Canadian age group record in the first leg of the 4×200-m freestyle.
• McIntosh broke the Canadian record in the 400-m freestyle at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials. McIntosh went on to win gold in the 200-m freestyle, the 200-m butterfly, and the 400-m individual medley. Her performances qualified her for the 2022 FINA World Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
• At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Trials, McIntosh won gold in the 200-m & the 800-m freestyle. Her performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Trials qualified McIntosh for her first Olympic Games at the age of 14.
• McIntosh also swam an Olympic A qualifying time in the 400-m freestyle at the Swim Ontario Take 5 High Performance event a few weeks before the Trials.
• McIntosh won Swimming Canada’s Breakout Performer of the Year and the Junior Female Swimmer of the Year awards in 2021
• At the 2019 Canadian Swimming Championships, McIntosh captured silver in the 400-m freestyle and bronze in the 400-m individual medley and 800-m freestyle.
• At the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials, McIntosh finished fifth in the 200-m butterfly, seventh in the 800-m freestyle and ninth in the 400-m individual medley.

QUICK FACTS

• Instagram: @summerrmcintosh
• Nickname: Sum
• Favourite Movie: Titanic
• Favourite TV Show: Drive to Survive
• Favourite Place to Visit: Bora Bora
• Guilty Pleasure: Cleaning and organizing my room