Sydney Pickrem

Biography

Sydney Pickrem enters her third season with the West Virginia University swimming and diving program after head coach Brent MacDonald announced she would join the staff as an assistant men’s and women’s swimming coach in July 2024. Pickrem implements practice programs for the swimming and diving program and assists in all recruiting efforts. Prior to West Virginia At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m), Pickrem represented Team Canada and earned a bronze medal with the 100-meter freestyle relay team. She retired from competitive swimming in April 2026. Pickrem represented Team Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and previously competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. She placed sixth in the women’s 200-meter individual medley and ninth in the 200 breaststroke at the 2024 Olympics. Pickrem won bronze as part of the 4x100 medley relay team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She was also a finalist in the 200 individual medley, placing sixth. Most recently at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, Pickrem earned silver in the 200 IM, and she also took home bronze in the 200 breaststroke and the 4x100 medley relay. In her 2016 Olympic debut, Pickrem placed sixth in the 200 IM and competed in the 400 IM. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Pickrem earned bronze in the 400 IM. She also earned three medals at the world championships in 2019, placing third in the 200 IM, 200 breaststroke and the 4x100 medley relay. Pickrem also chaired the Olympic Program Athlete Council