Victoria Poon made her second consecutive appearance at an Olympic Games in 2012 and competed individually in the 50m freestyle, finishing in 15th place. Poon was also part of the 11th place 4x100m freestyle relay team with Julia Wilkinson, Samantha Cheverton and Heather MacLean.
At the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, Poon was part of the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team, which earned a spot for the London Games, placing sixth in final.
Poon stood on the podium at the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships in California winning a bronze medal, and just missed the podium at the Commonwealth Games in India. She was also a member of the Canadian squad that competed at the World Swimming Championships in Dubai.
In 2009, Poon set a new national mark in the 50m free and the 50 butterfly – breaking a nine-year-old record.
At the World Championships in Rome, Poon lowered her national mark in the 50m freestyle and the women’s 4x100 freestyle, positioning her as a leading force in Canada’s sprint freestyle events.
At the end of the 2009 season, Poon set a World Record in the 4x100 Medley relay with teammates Annamay Pierse, Audrey Lacroix and Katy Murdoch at the Grand Prix in Leeds, UK.
In 2008 she fell ill just before her first event at the Beijing Olympic Games. Poon missed the women’s 4x100 free event on Day 1, but swam the 50m freestyle on the last day.
Poon made her first international team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Australia. There, she contributed to her 4x100m freestyle relay team’s bronze medal and came just shy of the podium in the 50m freestyle.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in the 400-metre freestyle relay (4th in 50-metre freestyle)
- 2006 Pan Pacific Championships silver medalist in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay setting a national record of 3:41.83
- In 2005, she set the Canadian record in the 50-metre freestyle – her 25.52 took .08 seconds off the previous national mark set by Laura Nicholls
- She bettered her record to 25.47 seconds at the 2008 Olympic Trials
