| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nadine Rolland |
| Nickname | Nadou |
| National team |  Canada |
| Born | (1975-05-08) May 8, 1975 (age 49) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Cowansville |
Nadine Rolland (born May 8, 1975) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became an official member of the Canadian squad at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, following a controversy on the swimming federation's decision to forbid her from the team.
Roland competed in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She finished third in a FINA A-cut of 25.94 from the Canadian Olympic Trials in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but offered another chance to earn a spot for the team, after Marianne Limpert decided to pull herself out of the event. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat eight, including U.S. legend Dara Torres and Australia's overwhelming favorite Susie O'Neill. Diving in with a 0.75-second deficit, Rolland scorched the field to hold off O'Neill's teammate Sarah Ryan for a seventh seed by a slim margin in a time of 26.04. Rolland missed the semifinals by a small fraction of a second, as she placed twenty-second overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nadine Rolland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- "Rolland wins appeal; added to Commonwealth swim team". CBC Sports. July 22, 2002. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 8)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- McRae, Toby (August 9, 2000). "Rolland thrown a lifeline". Winnipeg Sun. Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 8" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
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External links
- Athlete Profile – Canoe.ca (2000 Summer Olympics)