Gabe Mastromatteo (born April 27, 2002) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in the breastroke.[1]
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| National team |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 27, 2002 Kenora, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kenora Swimming Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Toronto Varsity Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2017, Mastromatteo was part of the gold medal team that won the 4x100 mixed medley at the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships. In 2019, Mastromatteo won 3 medals at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, including an individual silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke.[2]
As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Toronto, Mastromatteo won the 100 m breaststroke race. This qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4][5] He placed thirty-eighth in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke, his lone individual event. He stated his main focus was on the 4x100 m medley relay, where the Canadian men's team made the final and placed seventh, with Mastromatteo swimming a new personal best relay time on the breaststroke leg.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Gabe Mastromatteo". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Stelter, Ryan (25 August 2019). "Gabe Mastromatteo wraps up worlds with a silver". Wallaceburg Courier Press. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "26 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic swimming team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 Swimming Team Announced". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (24 June 2021). "Team Canada to have 26 swimmers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympics unforgettable experience for Kenora's Mastromatteo". tbnewswatch.com. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.