Kristin Louise Topham (born April 5, 1973) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in international championship competitions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Topham is best remembered for her four-medal performance at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. In individual sprint event, she won two gold medals in the 50-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly, as well as a bronze in the 100-metre freestyle. As a member of Canada's second-place women's team in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, she also earned a silver medal.

Kristin Topham

Topham also represented Canada twice in the Olympic Games. At her international debut as a 15-year-old at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, she competed in two events, advancing to the B Final of the 50-metre freestyle and placing twelfth overall, as well as swimming for the Canadian team in the preliminary heats of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.

Kristin Topham

When she won two golds at the 1991 Pan American Games, the Toronto Star listed her a Mississaugan.

Kristin Topham

Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she qualified for three events. Topham was a member of the sixth-place Canadian women's team in the 4x100-metre medley relay. In individual competition, she advanced to the B Finals of the 50-mtre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly, placing tenth and fourteenth, respectively.

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Canadian Olympic Committee

1973 births

Living people

Canadian female butterfly swimmers

Canadian female freestyle swimmers

Olympic swimmers for Canada

Swimmers from Edmonton

Swimmers from Mississauga

Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games

Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada

Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada

Pan American Games medalists in swimming

Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games

20th-century Canadian women