Taylor Ruck adjusting her goggles on the pool deck
A career built one race at a time

The work.
The results.

Three Olympic Games. Four Olympic medals. A place in Canadian swimming history—and a journey that goes well beyond the podium.

4

Olympic medals

8

World Championship medals

4

NCAA titles

19

All-America honours

Representing the maple leaf

The Olympic journey.

2016

2× Bronze

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Women’s 4 × 100m and 4 × 200m freestyle relays.

2020

Silver + Bronze

Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Women’s 4 × 100m freestyle (silver) and medley (bronze) relays; raced in the heats. Sixth in the 200m backstroke.

2024

Two finals

Paris

Paris, France

Fourth in the women’s 4 × 100m freestyle relay, fifth in the mixed medley relay, and 13th in the 50m freestyle.

Tokyo 2020 was held in 2021. Relay medals include contributions in preliminary heats.

Against the clock

Personal bests.

Long course · 2018 Pan Pacific Championships

200m freestyle

1:54.44

Long course · 2018 Commonwealth Games

200m backstroke

2:06.36

Short course yards · Stanford record

200yd freestyle

1:40.37

Short course yards · Stanford record

200yd backstroke

1:47.59

Selected career bests reported by Team Canada and Stanford Athletics. Metres and yards are shown separately.

Stanford Cardinal · 2018–2023

Career honours.

  • Member of the 2019 NCAA Championship team
  • Member of three Pac-12 Championship teams (2019, 2022, 2023)
  • 2019 Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
  • Four-time national champion: 200 free (2022, 2023), 800 free relay (2019, 2022)
  • 19-time All-American
  • Eight-time Pac-12 Champion
  • CSC Second Team Academic All-American
  • Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019, 2022)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)

Stanford record book

200 back2nd all-time1:47.59
200 free2nd all-time1:40.37
200 free relay2nd all-time1:25.70
400 medley relay2nd all-time3:25.54
100 free3rd all-time46.76
800 free relay3rd all-time6:47.22
100 back5th all-time50.34
50 free6th all-time21.73
Season by season

On the Farm.

2022–23

Redshirt Senior · Pac-12 Champions

  • National champion in the 200 free
  • Pac-12 champion in the 200 free, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay and 200 free relay
  • Five-time All-American, CSC Academic All-American, Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2021–22

Redshirt Junior · Pac-12 Champions

  • National champion in the 800 free relay and 200 free
  • Pac-12 champion in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 400 medley relay
  • Seven-time All-American and CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Swam a nation-leading 800 free relay at the Pac-12 Championships

2019–21

Olympic redshirt & additional redshirt

  • Stepped away from college racing to prepare for and compete at Tokyo 2020

2018–19

Freshman · NCAA Champions · Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
  • National champion in the 800 free relay
  • Seven-time All-American and CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Set the school record in the 200 back (1:47.59) at the NCAA Championships
International experience
  • Seven medals (six gold, one silver) at the 2017 World Junior Championships
  • Four medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze) at the 2016 Short Course World Junior Championships
  • Five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze) at the 2015 World Junior Championships
  • Tokyo 2020: semifinalist in the 100m back and sixth in the 200m back
Before Stanford
  • Four-time junior national champion and three-time long course junior national champion
  • Three-time Arizona Swimmer of the Year
  • Three-year high school All-American
  • Led Chaparral to three state titles and set five state records
Milestones that matter

Making
her mark.

Taylor Ruck catching her breath at the wall after an Olympic final in Paris

2015–2017

A breakthrough on the world stage

Thirteen World Junior Championship medals across two editions, including six gold medals in 2017.

2018

Eight medals. One Commonwealth Games.

Equalled the record for the most medals at a single Commonwealth Games. Later that year, won five Pan Pacific medals, including 200m freestyle gold.

2019–2023

A legacy at Stanford

Four NCAA titles, 19 All-America honours, and a member of Stanford’s 2019 NCAA championship team.