• One of Hamilton's most decorated athletes having represented Canada at the Commonwealth, Pan Am and 3 Olympic Games in swimming

• A 30 time national champion who won over 70 international medals

• Joanne is also the most decorated Canadian Athlete in the history of the Pan Am Games

• 1991 Pan American Games, she won two silvers and a bronze

• In 1995, at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships, she won two gold medals

• At the 1995 Pan American Games, she won a bronze and two gold medals

• Won Gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

• At the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships achieved silver and bronze

• At the 1999 Pan American Games and 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she won two gold medals each time

• 3 time winner of the Golden Horseshoe Athlete of the Year