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Hannah Margaret McNair "Maggie" Mac Neil[note 1] (born 26 February 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.[2][1] A renowned 100 metre butterfly event specialist, she is the current Olympic, World (SC) and Commonwealth champion, having won gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2021 FINA World Championships, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She also won the World (LC) title in 2019. Mac Neil is the current Americas record holder in the women's 100 metre butterfly event (55.59s), as well as the world record holder in the short course 50 metre backstroke.

Maggie Mac Neil
Personal information
Full nameHannah Margaret McNair Mac Neil
National teamCanada
Born (2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 22)
Jiujiang, China[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, backstroke, freestyle
ClubLondon Aquatic Club
College teamUniversity of Michigan
Louisiana State University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships (LC) 1 2 3
World Championships (SC) 4 1 0
Commonwealth Games 1 2 2
Total 7 6 6
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo100 m butterfly
2020 Tokyo4×100 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
2019 Gwangju100 m butterfly
2022 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
2022 Budapest4×100 m mixed freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×100 m medley
2022 Budapest4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m backstroke
2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m butterfly
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m mixed freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham100 m butterfly
2022 Birmingham4×100 m medley
2022 Birmingham4×100 m mixed medley
2022 Birmingham4×100 m freestyle
2022 Birmingham4×100 m mixed freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Suva100 m butterfly
2018 Suva4×100 m medley
2018 Suva4×100 m mixed medley
2018 Suva4×100 m freestyle

Early life


Mac Neil was born in Jiujiang, China, in February 2000 and was adopted by her Canadian family a year later.[3][4][5] Growing up in London, Ontario, Mac Neil's first competitive experience as a swimmer came with the team of the school she first took lessons from. She would later cite the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as the point where she "started to take swimming seriously and knew that I wanted to pursue it further."[6] She competed for Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School and the London Aquatic Club prior to her acceptance at the University of Michigan.[4] She placed sixth in the 100 m butterfly event trials for Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[7]


College career



2021 Season


Competing for the University of Michigan, Mac Neil first tied the NCAA record for the 100 yard butterfly, and then broke it at the 2021 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in March 2021. She was the first in the NCAA to post a time under 49 seconds (48.89), and the first Michigan swimmer to win an NCAA title since 2008.[8] She went on to win a second gold medal at the same championship, taking the 100 yard freestyle title.[9]


2022 Season


Mac Neil concluded her time at the University of Michigan with two bronze medals at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. A slip and fall on the pool deck while attending the championships resulted in a "slight" elbow fracture that required rehabilitation.[10] On March 25, she announced that she would be transferring to finish her final year of NCAA eligibility at the University of California, Berkeley, where she would be beginning graduate studies.[11]


Professional career



2019 World Championships


Mac Neil was part of the Canadian women's team at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju. She first won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 m freestyle relay team, alongside Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck, Kayla Sanchez, and Rebecca Smith. Mac Neil then competed in and won gold in the women's 100 metre butterfly,[12] beating four-time World and reigning Olympic champion Sarah Sjöström, in what was considered a major upset.[13] She closed out the championships as part of the Canadian 4×100 m medley team, swimming the final with Kylie Masse, Sydney Pickrem and Oleksiak. The team finished third, winning Mac Neil's second bronze medal of the event, and setting a record of eight medals for Canada at a single world championship.[14]


2020 Summer Olympics


In June 2021, Mac Neil qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[15] Mac Neil first competed as part of the Canadian team for the 4×100 m freestyle relay, replacing Ruck for the event final and swimming a 53.47 second split to help take the silver medal, Mac Neil's first Olympic medal.[16] The following day, Mac Neil competed in the final of the 100 m butterfly event, taking the gold medal by a margin of 0.05 seconds over China's Zhang Yufei, setting a new personal best and Americas record of 55.59. She was the first Canadian gold medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Games.[17] Mac Neil wears glasses, and without contacts or prescription goggles, could not immediately see her results; it took her a few seconds to focus on the results board and realize she won gold.[18] Cameras focused on her squinting at the results board, and she said after that "I was just trying to squint and see where I came. I heard my name getting called, so I knew I must have done something good."[18] Mac Neil's final event was the 4×100 m medley relay, where she posted a 55.27 time in her leg of the relay and the Canadian team won the bronze medal, Mac Neil's third of the Olympics.[19] The Association of National Olympic Committees subsequently named her the "Best Female Athlete of Tokyo 2020".[20] She was one of seven finalists for the 2021 Lou Marsh Trophy, awarded annually to Canada's top athlete.[21]


2021 World Championships (SC)


At the end of the year, Mac Neil was part of the Canadian delegation to the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Abu Dhabi, the top international event competed in a short course pool. She won the gold medal in the 50 m backstroke, setting a new world record in the process, afterward admitting that she would never have expected to set her first world record in that stroke.[22] She won gold as well in the 100 m butterfly with a national record time of 55.04, making her the first woman to hold Olympic, World Aquatic, World Swimming, and NCAA titles in the same event simultaneously, and the second person to do so after Aaron Peirsol. She won three other medals, two gold and a silver, in relay events at the championships.[23]


2022 World Championships


In the months following the Olympics, Mac Neil had begun to struggle with the weight of expectations on her, and following discussions with Swimming Canada's high performance staff, opted not to attempt a defense of her World title at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. She instead planned to participate in relay events there, and then return to competing the butterfly at the 2022 Commonwealth Games later in the year. Reflecting on the decision, she said "it's hard to stay at the top and that pressure really got to me. I need a chill summer."[10]

Beginning the World Aquatics Championships in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, Mac Neil was part of Canada's silver medal-winning team, a first for Canadian women at the World Championships.[24] Mac Neil swam the anchor leg for the Canadian team in the heats of the 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay, helping them qualify to the event final in second place. She was replaced by Penny Oleksiak in the final, but shared in the team's silver medal win.[25] In her final event of the championships, Mac Neil swam the butterfly leg in both the heats and the final of the 4×100 m medley relay, winning another bronze medal with the Canadian team.[26]


2022 Commonwealth Games


Named to her first Commonwealth Games team, Mac Neil began the first day of the championships by winning the bronze medal in the mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay, and qualifying to the event final of the 100 m butterfly with the second-fastest time in both the heats and semi-finals.[27] On the second day of the Games, Mac Neil set a Games record to win gold in the 100 m butterfly, ousting defending champion Emma McKeon by 0.02 seconds, and shortly afterward won a second bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the relay she was credited with a "dominant anchor leg" that nearly took the Canadian team into second place.[28] Mac Neil called her decision to step back from competing individual events "the best decision I made for myself at the time, both physically and emotionally."[29] She finished fourth in the 50 m butterfly, but then won two silver medals swimming the butterfly legs of the 4×100 m mixed medley and 4×100 m medley relays, finishing the Birmingham Games with five medals.[30][31][32]


Honours and awards



Personal bests



Long course (50-meter pool)


Event Time[34] Venue Date Notes
50 m freestyle 25.21 Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Toronto 28 May 2021
100 m freestyle 54.02 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials 22 July 2021
50 m butterfly 26.14 Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju 26 July 2019
100 m butterfly 55.59 Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo 26 July 2021 AM, CR, NR

Short course (25-meter pool)


Event Time[34] Venue Date Notes
50 m backstroke 25.27 Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi 20 December 2021 WR
50 m butterfly 25.13 FINA World Cup Series, Berlin 2 October 2021 NR
100 m butterfly 55.04 Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi 21 December 2021 NR
100 m backstroke 56.16 FINA World Cup Series, Berlin 30 September 2021

World records



Short Course (25m)


No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Ref
1 50 m backstroke 25.27 2021 World Championships (25 m) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 20 December 2021 Current [35]

Notes


  1. Her surname is sometimes incorrectly rendered as MacNeil in news reporting and television graphics.

References


  1. "Maggie Mac Neil Canadian Olympic profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. "Maggie MacNeil". SwimSwam. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. Tang, Didi. "Maggie Mac Neil's Olympic gold for Canada thrusts China's one-child policy back into spotlight". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. Max Wadley (26 July 2021). "UMich swimmer Maggie MacNeil wins gold in Tokyo". Michigan Daily.
  5. "Canada's MacNeil sparks soul-searching over China's one-child policy". South China Morning Post. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Lauren Kelly (5 March 2021). "Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil is poised for breakout at Tokyo Olympics". Sportsnet. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. Anne Lepesant (26 September 2017). "Michigan Picks Up Verbal Pledge from Canada's Maggie MacNeil". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Angelique S. Chengelis (20 March 2021). "UM junior Maggie MacNeil first woman to break 49 seconds in 100-yard butterfly". The Detroit News.
  9. Jeffrey Reed (21 March 2021). "London's MacNeil NCAA Champ, All-American, Record Holder". London Ontario Sports.
  10. Heroux, Devin (6 April 2022). "Canadian swimming star Maggie Mac Neil prioritizing mental health ahead of upcoming worlds". CBC Sports.
  11. "Canadian Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil taking swimming talents west". CBC Sports. 25 March 2022.
  12. "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 100m Butterfly start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  13. "Canadian teen Maggie MacNeil wins shocking gold at swimming worlds". CBC Sports. 22 July 2019.
  14. "Canada wraps worlds with record-extending eighth medal in women's 4x100m medley relay". CBC Sports. 29 July 2019.
  15. "Michigan standout Maggie MacNeil to swim three events at Olympics; strong candidate to medal". TheMichiganInsider.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  16. "Penny Oleksiak powers Canadian women to first medal of Tokyo Olympics". CBC Sports. 24 July 2021.
  17. "Canada's Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women's 100m butterfly". CBC Sports. 25 July 2021.
  18. Gerald Imray (26 July 2021). "All a blur as Canada's MacNeil claims 2 medals at Olympics". Associated Press.
  19. Devin Heroux (31 July 2021). "Oleksiak earns historic medal No. 7 as Canadian women win bronze in 4x100m medley relay". CBC Sports.
  20. "Canada's Maggie Mac Neil named Best Female Athlete of Tokyo 2020". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  21. "Damian Warner crowned Canada's top athlete of 2021 with Lou Marsh Trophy". CBC Sports. 8 December 2021.
  22. Hodges, Coleman (22 December 2021). "MacNeil wouldn't have believed that her first WR would have been backstroke". SwimSwam.
  23. Keith, Braden (22 December 2021). "Maggie MacNeil becomes second* swimmer to hold these four titles simultaneously". SwimSwam.
  24. Steiner, Ben (18 June 2022). "Canada's Summer McIntosh, 15, swims to silver at world aquatics championships in Budapest". CBC Sports. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  25. "Two more medals make for Canada's best ever Worlds". Swimming Canada. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  26. "Summer McIntosh wins record second gold, fourth medal as Canada completes best-ever performance". Swimming Canada. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  27. "Summer McIntosh wins gold, Canada adds relay bronze to open Commonwealth Games". Swimming Canada. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  28. "Canada's Mac Neil, Turbide swim to gold medals at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  29. De George, Matthew (30 July 2022). "Maggie Mac Neil Tops Emma McKeon in Epic 100 Fly". Swimming World. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  30. "Summer McIntosh triumphs again to highlight four-medal day for Canada". Swimming Canada. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  31. "Joshua Liendo golden to lead three-medal night". Swimming Canada. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  32. Rieder, David (3 August 2022). "Australian Women Dominate 400 Medley Relay to Cap Off Dominant Week". Swimming World. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  33. "Margaret Mac Neil (CAN) crowned Best Female Athlete of Tokyo 2020". FINA. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  34. "Maggie Mac Neil profile". Swimming Canada. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  35. "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2021 Results". FINA. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


Records
Preceded by Women's 50 metre backstroke
world record holder (short course)

20 December 2021 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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На других языках


[de] Margaret Mac Neil

Hannah Margaret McNair Mac Neil (* 26. Februar 2000 in Jiujiang, China) ist eine kanadische Schwimmerin. Sie wurde im Jahr 2021 Olympiasiegerin über 100 m Schmetterling.
- [en] Maggie Mac Neil

[es] Margaret MacNeil

Margaret MacNeil –conocida como Maggie MacNeil– (Jiujiang, China, 26 de febrero de 2000) es una deportista canadiense que compite en natación.[1]

[it] Margaret MacNeil

Hannah Margaret McNair Mac Neil, detta Meggie (Jiujiang, 26 febbraio 2000) è una nuotatrice canadese.

[ru] Макнил, Маргарет

Ханна Маргарет Макнер (Мэгги) Мак-Нил (англ. Hannah Margaret McNair "Maggie" Mac Neil; род. 26 февраля 2000[2], Цзюцзян, Цзянси[3]) — канадская пловчиха[5], олимпийская чемпионка, чемпионка мира в плавании на 100 метров баттерфляем[6][7]. Серебряный и бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио. Четырехкратная чемпионка мира на короткой воде.



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