Swimmer Penny Oleksiak wins Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete

TORONTO — Swimmer Penny Oleksiak is the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year.

The Toronto Star award is selected annually by a panel of sports journalists from across the country.

Oleksiak won four medals at the Rio Olympics last summer, including gold in the 100-metre freestyle.

She added four more medals at the short-course world championship this month in Windsor.