Nikki Dryden

Nikki Dryden is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Canada. She competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.  From 1990 to 1998, Nikki was a 21-time Canadian National Swimming Champion and a National Team Member. In 1994, she won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria. In 1991, she won three silver medals at the Pan American Games in Havana. Nikki also was a 5-time SEC Champion and a 9 time All-American at the University of Florida.
 
Nikki now lives in NYC and works as a human rights lawyer and is involved with Right to Play, a humanitarian group that works with refugee children to rebuild their lives through sport, as well as SwimLanka, an organization dedicated to helping children affected by tsunamis overcome their fear of water.