Summer Mortimer

Who is Summer Mortimer?

Summer Ashley Mortimer is a Canadian swimmer who won four medals at her first Paralympic Games, 2012 in London, as well as four wins in the finals at the World Championships. She has a SM10 classification. A high-level swimmer, Summer Mortimer competed in the 2008 Canadian Olympic trials. After a trampolining accident, she retrained as a para-swimmer. She began competing at an international level in 2010, setting multiple world records in the process. In the process of qualifying for the 2012 Paralympics, she broke one of her world records. Competing in six events, she won medals in all four of the individual competitions. Mortimer holds the world record in the S10 50 m Freestyle Long Course, and in the S10 100 m Freestyle Long Course, 100-metre backstroke, 50-metre and 200-metre backstroke.