Swimming sensation Summer McIntosh indicators with Octagon athlete company

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh has joined the Octagon company.

The triple gold medallist on the 2024 Paris Olympics can be represented by a agency that features gymnast Simone Biles, basketball participant Steph Curry, hockey participant Leon Draisaitl and McIntosh’s hero Michael Phelps amongst its athletes.

McIntosh was beforehand represented by Michael Copeland.

The 19-year-old from Toronto trains in Austin, Texas, underneath Bob Bowman, who coached Phelps to his file 28 Olympic swimming medals, together with 23 gold.

McIntosh turned the primary Canadian to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games in Paris, the place she gained the 200-metre butterfly, 200 particular person medley and 400 particular person medley at age 18. She was additionally a silver medallist within the 400-metre freestyle.

McIntosh claimed 4 gold medals and a bronze medal within the 2025 world championships in Singapore, the place she turned the primary swimmer since Phelps in 2008 to set three world data in a single meet.

“Summer has cemented herself as a generational talent with appeal that extends across Canada and well beyond,” stated Peter Carlisle, Octagon’s Managing Director of Olympics, in an announcement Tuesday. 

“She’s a bona fide star throughout a variety of occasions that has not been seen earlier than in girls’s swimming and possesses a fascinating and charismatic character that resonates with customers, media, and types throughout the globe. 

“Summer has a wholesome portfolio of company companions, and we see an extended runway for sustained aggressive success and international industrial development as she pursues her targets and goals out and in of the pool.” 

McIntosh’s sponsorship offers embrace Arena, Lululemon, Red Bull, TAG Heuer, RBC, and Air Canada.

“I am excited to partner with Octagon as they have a proven track record working with many of the world’s leading Olympic athletes,” McIntosh stated within the assertion.

“They perceive easy methods to help my coaching and competitors necessities whereas working with me to develop a long-term technique that may assist me maximize athletic success. I’m lucky to have an incredible staff of individuals round me and supportive company companions, and including Octagon to my staff goes to assist me proceed to pursue my goals whereas balancing all of the calls for main into (the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics) and past.” 

McIntosh made her Olympic debut at 14 in Tokyo, the place she positioned fourth within the 400-metre freestyle. She’s earned a profession 13 world championship medals, together with eight gold.

She was voted The Canadian Press feminine athlete of the yr in each 2024 and 2025.

The subsequent long-course world swimming championships can be in 2027 in Budapest, Hungary.