Amélie Kretz

Amélie Kretz
Personal information
Born	19 May 1993 (age 31); Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Sport	Triathlon

Amélie Kretz (born 19 May 1993) is a Canadian triathlete.^[1]^[2] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics with a top-ten finish in the 2016 International Triathlon Union event in Yokohama.^[3] In 2016, she was named in the Canadian Olympic team^[4] and finished in 2 hours, and 2 minutes and 48 seconds.^[5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kretz continued to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics, by building a small pool in her parents' garage and tethered herself inside.^[6]^[7] In July 2021, Kretz was officially named in Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.^[8]

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she came 15th in the women's event.^[9]

References

^ "Amelie Kretz". triathlon.org. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
^ "Amelie Kretz". Team Canada. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "Amelie Kretz, Canadian triathlete, impresses ahead of Olympics". CBC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Canadian Triathlon Team Nominated for Rio 2016". www.triathloncanada.com/. Triathlon Canada. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "Triathlon Tournaments". Autopica. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
^ "Amélie Kretz is swimming to Tokyo, tethered by a rope in her parents' garage". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ "Olympian Amélie Kretz builds a pool in parent's garage". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Awad, Brandi (7 July 2021). "Four triathletes ready to swim, bike and run for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Triathlon - Women's Individual Triathlon Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.