Kenzie Priddell

Biography

Kenzie Priddell joined the senior national team program in 2019 and was the alternate for Team Canada’s artistic swimming team at Tokyo 2020.  A bronze medallist in the team event at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, where she served as team co-captain, Priddell has also been a key figure in Canada’s World Aquatics Championship appearances in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

At the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup held in Markham, Ontario in June 2024, Priddell helped Canada win medals in all three team events (team technical silver, team free silver, team acrobatic bronze). That followed a silver medal in the team free at the World Cup in Paris in early May that served as the Olympic test event of the Aquatics Centre for Paris 2024.  

A Little More About Kenzie

Getting into the Sport: Fell in love with swimming in her backyard pool, where she first learned how to swim… Began artistic swimming at age 9, started competing in national level events at age 13… Outside Interests: Would like to pursue a career in psychology… Working towards a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Regina… Odds and Ends: Inspired by Olympians Élise Marcotte and Claudia Holzner… Gets very excited if she finds a penny, as she considers them to be good luck charms… Favourite motto: “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle”– Christian D. Larson… Always travels with a stuffed cat given to her by her mom…