Canadian Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, 16, Is Making Waves in Rio

Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak is just 16 years old, but the first-time Olympian already has two medals for Team Canada and is breaking records in the process.

On Sunday, a day after anchoring the women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay team to a bronze medal, Oleksiak had her own personal medal to capture.

In the women's 100 metre butterfly, Oleksiak broke her own junior world record and Canadian record with a time of 56.46 seconds, capturing Canada's first silver medal of the Games. Oleksiak finished second to Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom, who set a world record to win gold in 55.48 seconds.

Oleksiak's impressive performance was the fifth-fastest time ever in the women's 100 metre butterfly, and her silver-medal showing marked the first time a Canadian female has won an individual swimming medal since Marianne Limpert took home silver at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.

"Before trials I didn't even think I would make the team and I mean just getting to be here and medal is such an unreal feeling," she said after winning her second Olympic medal.

Oleksiak became the only Canadian female to ever medal in a butterfly event, and she's just the second Canadian to capture an Olympic medal in a butterfly event—the only other person was Bruce Robertson, who won silver in 1972. The young swimming phenom is quickly becoming Canada's Olympic star, capturing the country's only two medals entering Monday's competitions.

The celebration at Canada Olympic House at — Team Canada (@TeamCanada)August 8, 2016

I don't even know what to say right now, that was one of the most intense and amazing things I've seen

— Jamie Oleksiak (@jamieoleksiak)August 8, 2016

Already with two medals under her belt, the teenage star—who didn't even start swimming competitively until she was 12 years old—has a chance to add to her haul later this week in the 100 metre freestyle and more relay events. Either way, look for this young Canadian to continue dominating the swimming world for years to come.