National Teams

Para-Swimming Team

Danielle Dorris

  • Age 21
  • Height 156 cm / 5 ftin
  • Club High Performance Centre – Québec
  • Coach Mike Thompson
  • Previous Coaches Ryan Allen
  • Hometown Moncton, NB
  • Residence Moncton, NB
  • Event 50 FL, 100 FL, 200 FL

National Team Highlights

EventFinalist
Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships113
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games113
Cairns 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships124
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Danielle’s Bio

  • At the 2023 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto, Dorris captured three multi-class medals, including gold in the women’s 50-m butterfly, silver in the 200 individual medley and bronze in the 100 backstroke. She claimed the women’s swim-of-the-meet award (Paralympic Program) for her win in the 50 fly.
  • Her performance qualified her for the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships team in Manchester, England.
  • At the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Dorris won gold in the women’s 50-m butterfly S7 and captured silver in the 100-m backstroke S7. She set a championships record of 34.01 in the 50 fly S7.
  • At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Danielle Dorris won gold and set a world record in the women’s 50-m butterfly S7 and captured silver in the 100-m backstroke S7. Dorris also finished fourth in the 200-m individual medley SM7.
  • At the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Dorris won gold in the 50-m butterfly S7 and captured silver in the 100-m backstroke S7.
  • At the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, Dorris captured silver and broke the Canadian record in the 100-m backstroke S8. Dorris also earned bronze and set a Canadian record in the preliminaries of the 100-m butterfly S8. She earned two more bronze medals in the 200-m individual medley SM8 in a personal best time and was a part of the women’s 4×100-m medley relay that took home bronze.
  • At the London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Dorris reached two finals in three individual events, including the 100-m butterfly S8 (6th) and 100-m backstroke S8, and lowered her own Canadian S8 record in the preliminaries of the 100 fly. In her first career appearance at worlds, she also placed 13th in the 200-m individual medley SM8 and helped the 4×100-m medley relay 34 points to a fourth-place finish.
  • Dorris won a multi-class gold medal in the 50-m butterfly at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials. She also captured silver in the 100-m backstroke multi-class. Her performances qualified her for the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.
  • At the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto, Dorris claimed a multi-class bronze medal in the 100-m butterfly.
  • At the 2018 Canadian Swimming Trials, Dorris finished fourth and fifth in the Para multi-class 100-m butterfly and 100-m backstroke multi-class race.
  • At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Dorris competed in both the 100-m butterfly and 100-m backstroke. She finished 10th and 15th in those events.
  • She contributed to a 5th-place finish in the 4×100-m medley relay, in Canadian record time.
  • Dorris was the youngest member of the entire 2016 Canadian Paralympic Team.
  • Her best result at the 2016 Olympic & Para-swimming Trials was a fourth in the multi-class 100-m butterfly.
  • That ranked her 11th in the world in the S8 class, qualifying her for her first Paralympic Games.
  • She started swimming at 10 and at 13 became the youngest member ever named to the Paralympic swimming team.
  • She had a breakout performance earlier in 2016 when she swam under the world short-course record time in the 200-m butterfly. The competition was not approved by IPC for world record purposes, however the time stood as a Canadian record to go with her national marks in the 50 and 100.
  • She was born with only a portion of her arms.
  • Her personal motto to becoming a champion is to “get it done, do it fast and just have fun with it.”
  • She has a pre-race tradition of eating a Jolly Rancher after her father gave her one before a good performance.
QUICK FACTS
  • Favourite movie: Jurassic Park
  • Favourite book: Harry Potter
  • Favourite TV Show: The Umbrella Academy
  • Favourite band: Panic at the Disco
  • Favourite food: Sushi
  • Guilty pleasure: Nibs
  • Other sports: Soccer, track

Danielle’s Personal Bests

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EventCourseTimeDateMeetRecordsStatus
50m Freestyle25mNB Open Cup
100m Backstroke25mNB Open Cup---
50m Butterfly25mNB Open Cup---
50m Backstroke25mPanAM OPen---
100m Medley25mPanAM OPen---
200m Backstroke25mInvitational #4 Last Chance SC
50m Backstroke50mDavid Fry East Coast Championships
100m Freestyle25mCandy Cane Invitational Swim Meet
100m Butterfly Laps25mCandy Cane Invitational Swim MeetRELAY
50m Freestyle50mPara Swimming World Series---
50m Butterfly50mParalympic Games---
100m Backstroke50mParalympic Games
100m Freestyle50mWorld Series April
50m Breaststroke25mTime Trials
100m Butterfly25mNb Open---
200m Medley25mNb Open---
400m Freestyle25mSwim International
100m Butterfly50mWorld Para Swimming Championships---
100m Butterfly Laps50mPan Pacific Para ChampionshipsRELAY
200m Medley50mPan Pacific Para Championships
100m Breaststroke Laps50mEastern Canadian ChampionshipsRELAY
100m Breaststroke50mNB LC Spring Championships / Championnats Printemps GB NB
200m Freestyle50mLeap into Long Course Invitational / Faisons le saut en bassin long
200m Freestyle25mAqua Fall Invitational
200m Backstroke50mCanada Games Trials and Summer Champs / Essais des Jeux du Canada 2017 et Championnat d'ete
400m Freestyle50mWorld Para Swimming World Series
100m Freestyle Laps50mCan Am Para ChampionshipsRELAY
50m Breaststroke50mDavid Fry NS Provincial Championships
100m Breaststroke25mNB Open Cup/Coupe NB
50m Butterfly Laps25mNB Open Cup/Coupe NBRELAY
400m Medley50mSwimming New Brunswick Summer Cup at East Coast Games
200m Breaststroke50mSwimming New Brunswick Summer Cup at East Coast Games
200m Breaststroke25mGarden of the Gulf PEI Provincial Champs
50m Freestyle Laps25mGarden of the Gulf PEI Provincial ChampsRELAY
200m Butterfly25mNB Short Course Open Championship/Championnat du NB en Bassin Court---
50m Freestyle Laps50mEOSA Long Course Regional ChampionshipsRELAY
50m Butterfly Laps50mEOSA Long Course Regional ChampionshipsRELAY
200m Butterfly50mApril Long Course Meet
25m Butterfly25mVimy Ridge Invitational Meet
25m Freestyle25mBYST Winter Invitational
800m Freestyle25mTime Trials
400m Medley25mSea Lions Invitational Swim Meet