Alyson Patricia "Aly" Ackman (born 6 February 1993)[2] is a professional swimmer competing on the Canadian National Swim Team since 2013.

[4] In 2015 Ackman competed at the Pan American Games and the FINA World Championship (Kazan, Russia).

Coming out of retirement in January 2019, Ackman competed in several international meets, including the 2018 Canadian Swimming Trials and Swimming Nationals and the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials, where she qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

[citation needed] Ackman captained the Penn State Varsity Team her senior year before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology.

She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Luke Synnestvedt.