Canada at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics codeCAN
National federationAquatic Federation of Canada
in Singapore
11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) – 3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)
Competitors65 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
9
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Canada competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

The Canadian team consisted of 65 (33 men and 32 women) athletes competing in all six disciplines. Canada won a total of nine medals (four gold, one silver and four bronze), eight in swimming and one in high diving.[1]

Medalists

The following Canadian competitors won medals at the Championships. In the by discipline sections below, medallists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle July 27
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley July 28
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly July 31
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley August 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Simone Leathead High diving Women's event July 26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mary-Sophie Harvey Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley July 28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kylie Masse
Oliver Dawson
Josh Liendo
Taylor Ruck
Brooklyn Douthwright
Ingrid Wilm
Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay July 30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ilya Kharun Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly August 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle August 2

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 12 12
Diving 4 5 9
High diving 1 2 3
Open water swimming 1 1 2
Swimming 13 12 25
Water polo 14 0 14
Total 33 32 65

Artistic swimming

Canada Artistic Swimming named a team of 12 athletes (all women) on July 2, 2025.[2] Scarlett Finn was named to the team but did not compete in any event.

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Audrey Lamothe Solo technical routine 234.7058 11 Q 236.6008 10
Solo free routine 219.5675 7 Q 224.2263 8
Audrey Lamothe
Ximena Ortiz
Duet technical routine 271.6526 9 Q 236.5825 12
Duet free routine 233.0079 11 Q 238.0437 9
Georgia Hock
Halle Pratt
Laurianne Imbeau
Kenzie Priddell
Ximena Ortiz
Alicia Rehel
Raphaelle Plante
Claire Scheffel
Team acrobatic routine 203.1652 6 Q 202.7948 7
Georgia Hock
Laurianne Imbeau
Kenzie Priddell
Alicia Rehel
Raphaelle Plante
Claire Scheffel
Florence Tremblay
Olena Verbinska
Team technical routine 244.3817 10 Q 266.5116 9

Diving

Diving Canada named a team of ten divers (four men and five women) on July 3, 2025.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tazman Abramowicz 1 m springboard 288.45 39 Did not advance
Carson Paul 3 m springboard 391.75 12 Q 392.65 14 Did not advance
Matt Cullen 10 m platform 342.55 33 Did not advance
Benjamin Tessier 387.10 16 Q 443.20 9 Q 445.30 9
Tazman Abramowicz
Carson Paul
3 m synchro springboard 338.04 15 Did not advance
Matt Cullen
Benjamin Tessier
10 m synchro platform 343.41 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Margo Erlam 1 m springboard 234.65 17 Did not advance
Sonya Palkhivala 218.75 24 Did not advance
Margo Erlam 3 m springboard 260.10 20 Did not advance
Amélie‑Laura Jasmin 290.10 10 Q 282.40 10 Q 271.50 11
Katelyn Fung 10 m platform 285.20 12 Q 314.80 5 Q 343.20 4
Kate Miller 242.05 27 Did not advance
Amélie‑Laura Jasmin
Sonya Palkhivala
3 m synchro springboard 243.00 10 Did not advance
Katelyn Fung
Kate Miller
10 m synchro platform 277.77 8 Q 269.34 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Carson Paul
Katelyn Fung
Amélie-Laura Jasmin
Matt Cullen
Team event 349.20 10

High diving

Diving Canada named a team of three high divers (one man and two women) on July 3, 2025.[3] On July 26, 2025, Simone Leathead won Canada's first medal of the Championships in the women's high diving event.[4]

Athlete Event Points Rank
Michaël Foisy Men's 307.60 15
Molly Carlson Women's 271.90 9
Simone Leathead 314.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Open water swimming

Swimming Canada entered two open water swimmers, who also qualified to compete in the pool competitions. Both athletes finished as the top Canadian at the 2025 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Sarasota, Florida.[5]

Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eric Brown Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:10.1 7 Q 11:33.1 11 Did not advance
Men's 5 km 58:08.6 13
Men's 10 km 2:04:04.6 21
Emma Finlin Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:42.0 16 Did not advance
Women's 5 km 1:04:37.2 19
Women's 10 km 2:19:47.8 26

Swimming

Swimming Canada entered 26 swimmers (13 per gender) plus the two open water swimmers (one per gender) for a total of 28 swimmers (14 per gender).[6] The team was selected based on the results of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials held in Victoria, British Columbia in June 2025.[7] On July 4th it was announced Penny Oleksiak had withdrawn from the team, dropping the team to 27 swimmers (14 men and 13 women).[8][9]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joshua Liendo 50 metre freestyle 22.22 =30 Did not advance
Ruslan Gaziev 100 metre freestyle 48.41 18 Did not advance
Antoine Sauve 200 metre freestyle 1:49.19 37 Did not advance
Ethan Ekk 400 metre freestyle 3:46.01 9 Did not advance
800 metre freestyle 7:53.30 14 Did not advance
Cole Pratt 50 metre backstroke 25.20 30 Did not advance
Blake Tierney 100 metre backstroke 54.81 34 Did not advance
Ethan Ekk 200 metre backstroke 1:57.20 18 Did not advance
Blake Tierney 1:55.17 NR 1 Q 1:55.03 NR 5 Q 1:55.09 4
Oliver Dawson 50 metre breaststroke 27.55 =32 Did not advance
Finlay Knox 100 metre breaststroke 1:01.05 29 Did not advance
Oliver Dawson 200 metre breaststroke 2:11.07 11 Q 2:10.32 11 Did not advance
Ilya Kharun 50 metre butterfly 22.85 3 Q 22.92 9 Did not advance
Joshua Liendo 23.16 9 Q 23.00 11 Did not advance
Ilya Kharun 100 metre butterfly 50.70 2 Q 50.39 4 Q 50.07 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joshua Liendo 51.04 5 Q 50.24 2 Q 50.09 4
Ilya Kharun 200 metre butterfly 1:53.74 3 Q 1:54.43 5 Q 1:54.34 4
Tristan Jankovics 200 metre individual medley 1:58.61 12 Q 1:59.13 13 Did not advance
Finlay Knox 1:59.64 18 Did not advance
Tristan Jankovics 400 metre individual medley Did not start Did not advance
Lorne Wigginton 4:16.61 14 Did not advance
Ruslan Gaziev
Joshua Liendo
Antoine Sauve
Filip Senc-Samardzic
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.64 5 Q 3:12.89 8
Ethan Ekk
Jordi Vilchez
Antoine Sauve
Filip Senc-Samardzic
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:12.36 12 Did not advance
Blake Tierney
Ruslan Gaziev
Ilya Kharun
Oliver Dawson
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:30.86 NR 4 Q 3:29.75 NR 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Taylor Ruck 50 metre freestyle 24.63 9 Q 24.53 10 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 54.45 18 Did not advance
Mary-Sophie Harvey 200 metre freestyle 1:57.72 13 Q 1:58.57 15 Did not advance
Ella Jansen 1:57.53 =8 Q 1:57.60 11 Did not advance
Summer McIntosh 400 metre freestyle 4:03.11 =3 Q 3:56.26 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ella Jansen 4:11.01 17 Did not advance
Summer McIntosh 800 metre freestyle 8:19.88 3 Q 8:07.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kylie Masse 50 metre backstroke 27.46 1 Q 27.50 6 Q 27.33 4
Ingrid Wilm 27.76 8 Q 27.48 5 Q 27.56 8
Kylie Masse 100 metre backstroke 59.71 9 Q 58.66 3 Q 58.42 4
Taylor Ruck 59.71 8 Q 59.18 5 Q 59.59 7
Madison Kryger 200 metre backstroke 2:11.40 19 Did not advance
Ingrid Wilm 2:10.11 14 Q 2:10.28 13 Did not advance
Alexanne Lepage 50 metre breaststroke 30.98 22 Did not advance
100 metre breaststroke 1:07.35 25 Did not advance
Sophie Angus 200 metre breaststroke 2:27.51 20 Did not advance
Mary-Sophie Harvey 2:26.95 17 Did not advance
Taylor Ruck 50 metre butterfly 25.95 15 Q 25.71 13 Did not advance
Brooklyn Douthwright 100 metre butterfly 59.25 26 Did not advance
Summer McIntosh 200 metre butterfly 2:07.07 1 Q 2:06.22 2 Q 2:01.99 CR, AM 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mary-Sophie Harvey 200 metre individual medley 2:09.95 4 Q 2:10.19 6 Q 2:09.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Summer McIntosh 2:09.46 2 Q 2:07.39 1 Q 2:06.69 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mary-Sophie Harvey 400 metre individual medley Did not start Did not advance
Summer McIntosh 4:35.56 1 Q 4:25.78 CR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Brooklyn Douthwright
Taylor Ruck
Sienna Angove
Ingrid Wilm
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.50 9 Did not advance
Brooklyn Douthwright
Ella Cosgrove
Sienna Angove
Ella Jansen
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:54.90 5 Q 7:52.52 6
Sophie Angus
Mary-Sophie Harvey
Ella Jansen
Kylie Masse
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.32 6 Q 3:55.63 5
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ruslan Gaziev
Mary-Sophie Harvey
Joshua Liendo
Taylor Ruck
Antoine Sauve
Brooklyn Douthwright
4 × 100 freestyle relay 3:24.94 8 Q 3:23.16 6
Kylie Masse
Oliver Dawson
Josh Liendo
Taylor Ruck
Brooklyn Douthwright*
Ingrid Wilm*
4 × 100 medley relay 3:43.47 5 Q 3:40.90 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • *Participated in heats but received medals

Water polo

Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff 9th–12th Semifinal 11th place match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Canada men's team Men's tournament  United States
L 9–18
 Singapore
W 22–10
 Brazil
L 18–19
3 Q  Montenegro
L 10–22
 Romania
L 12–18
 Brazil
W 16–11
11

Men's tournament

Canada's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2024 Pan American Water Polo Championship in Ibagué, Colombia.[10]

Team roster

The team of 14 athletes was named on June 27, 2025.[10]

  • Jérémie Côté
  • Bogdan Djerkovic
  • Reuel D'Souza
  • Aleksa Gardijan
  • Andrej Gavric
  • Nikolas Gerakoudis
  • Leo Hachem
  • David Lapins
  • Brody Mcknight
  • Jason O’Donnell
  • Roko Pozaric
  • Milan Radenovic
  • Aria Soleimanipak
  • Bor Tanasijevic
Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 60 22 +38 9 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 3 1 1 0 1 37 35 +2 5 Playoffs
3  Canada 3 1 0 1 1 42 39 +3 4
4  Singapore (H) 3 0 0 0 3 24 67 −43 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
12 July 2025
10:35
Report Canada  9–18  United States OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Dasch Barber (RSA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 2–5, 5–6
Oussadou 3 Goals Irving 4
14 July 2025
19:10
Report Singapore  10–22  Canada OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 5–7, 2–5, 2–4, 1–6
Goh 4 Goals D'Souza 7
16 July 2025
09:00
Report Canada  18–19  Brazil OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 3–4, 1–2  PSO: 7–8
Côté, D'Souza 3 Goals Andrade 8
Playoffs
18 July 2025
20:45
Report Canada  10–22  Montenegro OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Scott Voltz (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–5, 4–5, 3–5
D'Souza, O'Donnell 3 Goals Ćetković 5
9th–12th place semifinals
20 July 2025
13:45
Report Romania  18–12  Canada OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 5–4
Iudean 5 Goals D'Souza 4
11th place match
22 July 2025
09:00
Report Brazil  11–16  Canada OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 1–5, 5–6
Guimarães 5 Goals D'Souza 7

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