Kate Sanderson

Kate Farley Sanderson, an Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on 4 August 2021

Kate Farley Sanderson (born 1 March 2000) is a 21-year-old Canadian pool and Olympic open water swimmer from Toronto.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

She finished second in the 10 km race at the Best Fest Open Water Swimming Festival in Mallorca, Spain in May 2018.
She competed in the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim in Chiba, Japan on 14 August 2018.
She competed in the 18-19 division 10 km race at the 2018 FINA Open Water World Junior Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel in the Red Sea.
On 27 April 2019, she won the 2019 Canadian Open Water Swimming Trials held on Governors Beach on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands in 2:03:22.4 to qualify for the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in South Korea.
She competed in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Setúbal Bay, Portugal on 19 June 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Tokyo.
She finished 3rd in the 10 km in 2:01:58.40 at the age of 21 at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal on 19 June 2021.
She competed in the 5 km Mixed Team relay at the age of 19 at the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea on 18 July 2019.
She finished 24th in the 5 km in 58:17.70 at the age of 19 at the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea on 17 July 2019.
She finished 35th in the 10 km in 2:00:23.90 at the age of 19 at the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea on 14 July 2019.
On 4 August 2021, she finished 18th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay.

1. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil, 29) 1:59:30.90
2. Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands, 27) 1:59:31.70
3. Kareena Lee (Australia, 27) 1:59:32.50
4. Anna Olasz (Hungary, 27) 1:59:34.80
5. Leonie Beck (Germany, 24) 1:59:35.10
6. Haley Anderson (USA, 29) 1:59:36.90
7. Ashley Twichell (USA, 32) 1:59:37.90
8. Xin Xin (China, 24) 2:00:10.10
9. Lara Grangeon de Villele (France, 29) 2:00:57.0
10. Finnia Wunram (Germany, 25) 2:01:01.90
11. Samantha Arévalo (Ecuador, 26) 2:01:30.60
12. Cecilia Biagioli (Argentina, 36) 2:01:31.70
13. Yumi Kida (Japan, 36) 2:01:40.90
14. Rachele Bruni (Italy, 30) 2:02:10.20
15. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (Russian Olympic Committee, 21) 2:03:17.50
16. Paula Ruiz Bravo (Spain, 22) 2:03:17.60
17. Angelica Andre (Portugal, 26) 2:04:40.70
18. Kate Farley Sanderson (Canada, 21) 2:04:59.10
19. Alice Dearing (Great Britain, 24) 2:05:03.20
20. Paola Perez (Venezuela, 30) 2:05:45.00
21. Michelle Weber (South Africa, 24) 2:06:56.50
22. Krystyna Panchishko (Ukraine, 23) 2:07:35.10
23. Li-Shan Chantal Liew (Singapore, 22) 2:08:17.90
24. Spela Perse (Slovenia, 25) 2:08:33.00
25. Souad Nefissa Cherouati (Algeria, 32) 2:17:21.60