Article content originally published in the Brantford Expositor on April 6, 2026 by Brian Thompson

Genevieve Wey, age 17 of Brantford is a national champion in artistic swimming. Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor
A young woman from Brantford is making waves in the world of artistic swimming.
Genevieve Wey, age 17, became fascinated with the sport – formerly called synchronized swimming — at a very young age.
“My mom always tells me the story of when I was younger, and I would watch artistic swimming on TV and say, ‘I want to do that at the Olympics.’ I just love the art form of it.”