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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 name	Hannah Margaret McNair Mac Neil
National team	Canada
Born	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 22) Jiujiang, China[1]
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, backstroke, freestyle
Club	London Aquatic Club
College team	University 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 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2019 Gwangju 100 m butterfly 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley 2022 Budapest 4×100 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 Dhabi 4×100 m medley Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 100 m butterfly 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m medley 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Suva 100 m butterfly 2018 Suva 4×100 m medley 2018 Suva 4×100 m mixed medley 2018 Suva 4×100 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

• 2021 ANOC Award, "Best Female Athlete of Tokyo 2020".[20][33]

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

References

External links

• Margaret MacNeil at FINA
• Margaret MacNeil at SwimRankings.net
• Margaret MacNeil at Olympics.com
• Margaret MacNeil at Olympedia
• Margaret MacNeil at the Canadian Olympic Committee

Records
Preceded by Kira Toussaint	Women's 50 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) 20 December 2021 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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На других языках

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[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.

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- [en] Maggie Mac Neil

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[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]

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[it] Margaret MacNeil

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

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[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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