Maggie Mac Neil

Maggie Mac Neil is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialised in the 100 metre butterfly. Born in Jiujiang, China, in 2000 and adopted by a Canadian family, she grew up in London, Ontario, and swam for the University of Michigan and later Louisiana State University, setting NCAA records in the 100 yard butterfly. She won the 100 metre butterfly at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the first Canadian gold of those Games, and added a relay silver and a medley relay bronze there. She was also world long course champion in the 100 metre butterfly in 2019, a two-time short course world champion, and won the 2022 Commonwealth Games title and five golds at the 2023 Pan American Games. She set short course world records in the 100 metre butterfly and 50 metre backstroke, and announced her retirement in September 2024.