Thanks to Swimming Canada’s medal-incentive program sponsored by the Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC), the latter will be providing $18,000 to Canadian swimmers and regional food banks after the recent FINA World Championships in Russia.
Each medal-winning swimmer, (nine in all) will be receiving $1000 from CFC, which will go towards their local swim club, while each swimmer will get to choose a food bank to receive an additional $1000 donation from the CFC on behalf of each athlete.
“We are proud to support and celebrate our swimmers’ achievements, and it’s a win-win situation as we also get to further support Canada’s food banks,” says Dave Janzen, CFC chairman. “We take pride in their outstanding results and are pleased to extend that support financially to both them and the food banks in their respective regions.”
After a successful World Championships, it is humbling to receive awards for the team’s results, but just as important is the ability to give back to the community, says Canadian swimmer, Ryan Cochrane, a winner of two medals at the World Championships.
“Recognizing our athletes’ performances in this way is fantastic,” says John Atkinson, Swimming Canada high performance director. “The fact Chicken Farmers of Canada has also chosen to recognize all six swimmers that won a relay bronze medal is tremendous and very much reinforces our team philosophy.”
Canada’s medal-winning athletes at the FINA World Championships included:
- Ryan Cochrane, two bronze (400 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle);
- Emily Overholt, bronze (400 m individual medley);
- Yuri Kisil, bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay);
- Santo Condorelli, bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay);
- Karl Krug, bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay);
- Sandrine Mainville, bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay);
- Victoria Poon, bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay); and
- Chantal Van Landeghem bronze (400 m mixed freestyle relay).
