Jacinthe Taillon

{{short description|Canadian synchronized swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer |birth_place=Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada |birth_date={{birth date and age|1977|1|1}} |strokes = Synchronized swimming |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's synchronized swimming}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | Team }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold |1999 Winnipeg|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold |1998 Kuala Lumpur|Duet}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Jacinthe Taillon''' (born January 1, 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacinthe TAILLON - Olympic Synchronized Swimming {{!}} Canada |url=https://www.olympic.org/jacinthe-taillon |website=International Olympic Committee |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=en |date=22 June 2016}}</ref> is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Taillon participated on the Canadian team that received a bronze medal in synchronized team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacinthe Taillon |url=https://olympique.ca/team-canada/jacinthe-taillon/ |website=Team Canada |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=fr-FR |date=19 September 2011}}</ref>

She also won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in the team event<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olderr |first1=Steven |title=The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476604688 |page=260 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4IwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260 |language=es}}</ref> and a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Duet event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacinthe Taillon |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54510 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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