| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michelle Williams |
| National team |  Canada |
| Born | January 2, 1991 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[2] |
| Spouse |
Guillermo Toro (m. 2016) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | High Performance Centre - Ontario[1] |
Medal record | |
Michelle Toro (née Williams; born January 2, 1991) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the freestyle in the sprint distances.[1] She won a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and in the 4 x 100 m medley relay.[2] She also won a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 100 m freestyle.
She competed as part of Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, commonly known as Rio 2016.[3] Williams would help fellow Canadians Taylor Ruck, Chantal van Landeghem and Sandrine Mainville in the women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay heats, with the team swimming the third fastest time. She then had to make way for teenage star Penelope Oleksiak in the final, where Oleksiak helped anchor the team to the bronze medal.[4] In an interview after the event, Williams said "we've come a long way, this group of us. It's our medal and it's our medal for Canada, it's just so amazing."[4]
- ^ a b "Michelle Williams (swimmer)". Swim Canada. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Olympic team profile". Olympics Canada. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. April 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "Canada wins bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay". CBC Sports. August 7, 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.