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Arianna Hunsicker (born 8 August 2003) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S10 class.
Early life and education
Hunsicker was born with a partial left hand. She first took swimming lessons at age eight and started competitive swimming in 2017. Hunsicker attended Tweedsmuir Secondary School in Surrey. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce at Concordia University.
Career
Hunsicker trained with the Surrey Knights Swim Club. At age 12, she won six gold medals and one silver at the 2016 BC Summer Games.
She won five bronze medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games, her Parapan American Games debut. The medals were in the women's 4x100m medley relay (with Michelle Tovizi, Colleen Cloetta, and Krystal Shaw), 50m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, and 200m individual medley.
Hunsicker was named Swim BC’s Female Provincial Para Swimmer of the Year in 2020. She will make her Paralympic debut at the Paris 2024 games.