Mary-Sophie’s Bio

• At the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Harvey tied the record of most medals won by a female Canadian swimmer at one Games stepping on the podium seven times. Her medal haul included her first individual gold at a major Games in 200-metre freestyle. She also won gold as part of the 4×100 freestyle relay where she led the team off in personal best time.
• She earned her second individual medal taking silver in the 200-metre individual medley.
• Her 200 free was her first individual gold at a a major senior international championships or Games.
• Harvey also took bronze 4×100 mixed freestyle relay, silver in the 4×100 mixed medley relay, bronze in the 4×200 freestyle relay.
• Harvey helped the 4×100 medley relay team qualify for finals during prelims at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Her freestyle leg earned her a bronze medal. She was also part of the team that finished sixth in the 4x100m mixed medley relay and seventh in both the 4x200m and 4x100m freestyle relays.
• Swam a personal best in the 200-m individual medley during her preliminary heat and went on to finish 11^th.
• At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Harvey was a member of the 4×200-m freestyle relay that captured silver. She swam in the preliminaries for the mixed 4×100-m freestyle relay that earned bronze. Individually, she finished 6^th in the 100-m backstroke and in the 200-m individual medley and 11^th in the 200-m freestyle.
• Harvey swam a personal best time in her semifinal of the 200-m individual medley and finished eighth at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest. She also swam in the preliminaries for the women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay that went on to capture bronze in the final.
• At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Harvey swam in the preliminary heat for the women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay that qualified for the final and went on to finish fourth.
• At the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, Harvey captured silver in the 200-m butterfly, bronze in the 400-m individual medley and was a member of the women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay that brought home silver. Harvey also swam in the preliminaries for the women’s 4×100-m medley relay that went on to capture silver.
• Harvey finished eighth in the 400-m individual medley at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
• At the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Harvey finished eighth as part of the women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay, 11th in the 400-m freestyle and also placed 14th in the 200-m freestyle.
• At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Kihei, Maui, Harvey individually earned a gold medal in the 200-m IM along with a bronze medal in the 400.
• At the same event, she was a member of the 4×100-m freestyle relay that won a silver medal with a time of 3:42.84. She also swam in the prelims of the 4×100-m medley relay that later won a silver medal.
• She earned herself two silvers (200-m medley, women’s 4×200-m), and a bronze (women’s 4×100-m freestyle) at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Singapore.
• Harvey has represented Canada in the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships, 2014 Australian Age Group Championships, 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
• Both of Harvey’s parents swam at the national level and she wanted to follow in their path from a young age.

Quick Facts

• Instagram: @marysophieharvey
• Favourite Movie: Harry Potter
• Favourite Book: The Book Thief
• Favourite TV Show: One Tree Hill
• Place to Visit: Greece
• Superhero: Superman