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Penny Oleksiak made history in the pool on Saturday night.
The Canadian anchored the women's 4x100-meter medley relay team, sealing a bronze medal for the group — and a seventh career medal for herself. With that newest addition to her medal case, she made Canadian Olympic history and became the country's most decorated Olympian ever.
Oleksiak brought four medals to the Tokyo Games: a gold medal (100 freestyle), a silver (100 butterfly) and two bronzes (freestyle relay teams).
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In Tokyo, she snagged three more. In addition to that medley relay bronze, she also anchored the 4x100-meter free relay to a silver and won a bronze in the women's 200-meter freestyle
Trust me at the top it isn’t lonely
— Penny Oleksiak (@OleksiakPenny) August 1, 2021
MORE: Recapping Oleksiak's 2021 Summer Games
Canadians took to Twitter to congratulate the 21-year-old on the mark. From her fellow Olympians to dignitaries and even Raptors players, everyone beamed with pride at her accomplishment.
🐐 @OleksiakPenny https://t.co/TkEyhn65kb
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) August 1, 2021
At 21, Penny Oleksiak is an absolute legend… and she’s only getting started. 💪🏽🇨🇦🏊🏻♀️🥇🥈🥉 https://t.co/l9K6CjYFmg
— Adam van Koeverden (@vankayak) August 1, 2021
Seven medals says a lot about the depth of Penny as much as it does about her talent. Winning one medal is hard, and multiple at one Games is all about the ability to reset and focus. Winning multiple medals at multiple Games – that is a battle against so much more. - @MarnieMcB https://t.co/wP1t9b18ye
— Marnie McBean OC OLY (@MarnieMcB) August 1, 2021
If I podium at every games😅
— Mikael Kingsbury (@MikaelKingsbury) August 1, 2021
🌟 PENNY OLEKSIAK MAKES HISTORY FOR #TEAMCANADA 🌟
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) July 28, 2021
🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉
Penny Oleksiak wins 200m freestyle 🥉 at #Tokyo2020 and becomes Team Canada's all-time most decorated summer Olympian with six medals 👏🎉🙌🥳
🏊♀️ into the historic details ➡️ https://t.co/tjOly58eYM pic.twitter.com/IBc3UhEIci
The most decorated @TeamCanada Olympian of all-time! @OleksiakPenny with @Olympics medal number 7 and she’s just 21. Can have at least two more #OlympicGames if she wants. GOAT. 🐐#Tokyo2020
— Donnovan Bennett (@donnovanbennett) August 1, 2021
Congrats @OleksiakPenny!!! It has been so fun to watch your races and the ladies crush it! #inspired https://t.co/3A0ZlJuEli
— Natalie Spooner (@natspooner5) August 1, 2021
How rare is the multiple-medal air Penny Oleksiak could reach in 2024? 142 people have won 7 or more Olympic medals.
— Greg Brady (@gregbradyTO) August 1, 2021
Only 23 of those 142 have won 11 or more. #PennyOleksiak