Riley Janes

Riley Janes (born June 30, 1980) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events.

[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and is part of the bronze-medal Canadian medley relay team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.

In 2002, Janes made international headlines at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Japan, and at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he earned bronze medals for Canada in the 4×100 m medley relay, along with Mike Brown, Mike Mintenko, and Brent Hayden (3:38.17 in Pan Pacific, and 3:38.91 in Commonwealth).

[6][7] On the second day of the Games, Janes, along with Mintenko, Hayden, and Yannick Lupien, placed ninth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:18.35.

[8][9] Six days later, in the 4×100 m medley relay, Janes reunited with Mintenko, Hayden, and Brown after winning their bronze medal for Canada from the Pan Pacific Championships two years earlier.