Canadian Olympian Mary-Sophie Harvey introduced her engagement to Jerome Heidrich through Instagram on July 2.
Harvey, a local of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, is a two-time Olympian, having certified for the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Video games. On the Tokyo Video games, she competed within the prelims of the 4×200 freestyle relay, clocking a 1:57.53 cut up to assist the Canadian staff qualify for the ultimate. The staff completed 4th within the finals.
In 2022, Harvey certified for her first particular person World Championship last within the 200 IM. She completed in eighth place with a time of two:12.77, following her semifinal time of two:10.22. She additionally contributed to the Canadian staff’s bronze medal by swimming within the prelims of the 4×200 freestyle relay.
On the 2023 World Championships, Harvey earned a bronze medal swimming the freestyle leg within the prelim of the 4×100 medley relay. She additionally completed eleventh and nineteenth, respectively, within the 200 IM and 200 freestyle.
On the 2024 Canadian Trials, Harvey certified for Paris within the 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay, and 4×200 freestyle relay. She ranks because the eighth quickest performer on the planet this 12 months within the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.44.
In Tokyo, it took a 1:56.58 to make it to the ultimate within the 200 freestyle. Harvey is inside vary to make her first particular person Olympic last.
Jerome Heidrich, a local of Hamburg, Germany, swam collegiately for Wingate College (2014-2016) earlier than transferring to California Baptist (2016-2019) to complete out his collegiate profession.
Heidrich, primarily a dash freestyler, went on to turn into a first-team CSCAA Scholar All-American, 6-time Division II NCAA finalist, and 6-time convention champion throughout his faculty tenure.
Heidrich’s father was a member of the Turkish Nationwide Basketball Crew, and in the summertime of 2015, he determined to observe in his father’s footsteps and begin representing Turkey internationally.
On the 2019 European Championships, he swam within the last of the 200 medley relay.
Heidrich now competes professionally and trains with the Mission Viejo Nadadores in California.
Heidrich earned his bachelor’s diploma in psychology from California Baptist College in 2018 and adopted it with a grasp’s diploma in efficiency psychology in 2019.
