Canada wins Silver as Caledon swimmer makes Paralympian comeback following injury

Canadian Paralympic athlete and Caledon’s own Tess Routliffe has added a Silver Medal to her collection following a win at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and looks to add a Gold this week.

The Canadian swimmer was sidelined from the Tokyo’s Paralympic Games when a bar fell on her back during a weightlifting session, but the 25-year-old from Caledon took home a Silver in the women’s 200-metre individual medley on Friday.

She was named one of 10 Canadian athletes to watch in the 2024 Paralympic Games which will see more than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments compete in 22 sports.

Originally from New Zealand, Routliffe calls Caledon home and was born with hypochondroplasia – a skeletal dysplasia which causes a shortened stature and limbs. She started swimming at age three with Dorado Stars in Caledon and has become a rising star in the para-swimming world.

Routliffe will again have a chance to take to the podium when the final heat of the women’s 100-metre freestyle runs on Wednesday.

So far Canada has won 15 medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games – three Golds, five Silvers and seven Bronze.