All hail Summer McIntosh — the most effective Canadian athlete ever? – The Carillon

I positive hope you bought an opportunity to see the current World Swimming Championships in Singapore.

Normally at worldwide swimming occasions, while you see a swimmer win by three or 4 physique lengths, it’s an American or Australian swimmer.

At the 2025 Worlds it was Canada – particularly 18-year-old Summer McIntosh – successful by margins so gigantic that generally the closest rivals weren’t even in the identical digicam shot.

And with McIntosh including to her already illustrious profession with 4 golds and one bronze on the worlds, she proved that she completely needs to be within the dialog as the best athlete – male or feminine, in any sport – that our nation has ever produced.

She’s nonetheless an adolescent and but McIntosh’s tally of medals and world information is astonishing:

· At the 2021 worlds she received one gold and two silver

· A yr later she received two gold, one silver and one bronze on the worlds

· At the 2023 worlds she received two gold and two bronze

· In 2024 she received three Olympic gold medals and one silver

· Mcintosh was named the 2024 Female Athlete of the Year by World Aquatics

· At the current 2025 worlds Mcintosh received 4 golds and a bronze.

· She owns a whopping six world information within the pool

If that was somebody’s lifetime résumé within the pool it might be unimaginable. That it’s a resume of a younger 18-year-old is tough to grasp. And then consider that she’s Canadian and it turns into tough – if not downright inconceivable – to adequately describe simply how dominant and wonderful an athlete she is.

Her 4 golds on the worlds are probably the most ever received by a lady at a single world championships, a document she shares with the legendary Katie Ledecky.

McIntosh’s historic efficiency on the 2024 Olympics in Paris marked the primary time any Canadian – male or feminine, on the winter or summer time Olympics – has received three golds at a single Olympic video games.

And right here’s probably the most tantalizing half to this wonderful story. With the following Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028, McIntosh will solely be 21 years outdated. She may simply take part in two extra Olympics after that.

If she continues on her present trajectory, McIntosh’s Olympic medal haul after taking part at 4 completely different Olympics may very well be legendary. We’re speaking the likelihood to be topped the best swimmer who ever lived.

Whatever occurs down the highway, Canadians ought to be thrilled that Summer is one in every of us.

Buy Canadian. Bye America

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Big-time because of Elbert Toews for offering me with extra and new details about Steinbach’s history-making highschool volleyball achievements.

As we wrote about final week, the late Jake Epp coached the Steinbach Collegiate Institute (SCI) women’ volleyball workforce to a provincial title, a primary for our city.

Mr. Toews informed me that was in 1968, and Steinbach defeated Dakota within the finals. The very subsequent yr, in 1969, Mr. Toews took over because the full-time SCI coach (he was Jake’s assistant coach the earlier championship yr). Amazingly, the SCI women’ workforce as soon as once more met Dakota within the finals.

Unfortunately, Dakota prevailed within the sequel, but when there have been historic information to scour threw, I might guess some huge cash that no rural workforce ever made it to the provincial volleyball finals two years in a row.