It's been a memorable week for Yukon swimmer Alexandra Gabor, who won her third medal in as many days Thursday at the 2009 Canada Summer Games.

Competing in the 200-m freestyle final, Gabor blew away the competition, finishing more than two seconds ahead of her closest competitor.

Her final time was 1:56.33, which as good as that was, wasn't even a personal best for the Whitehorse resident.

"She was definitely the best in the field and nobody was even close," said head coach Marek Poplawski. "She was happy."

Gabor improved on her preliminary time in the 200-m freestyle by more than a second. She was the only swimmer to break two minutes in the preliminaries for the 200-m race, which is her strongest distance in the sport.

Gabor's history-making week began on Tuesday, when she became the first Yukon swimmer to medal at the Canada Summer Games, which are being held in P.E.I.

Her third place time came in the 100-m freestyle, just beating out Ontario swimmers Jackie Keire and Sinead Russell.

Just one day later, the 16-year-old was back at it,winning the territory's first gold medal ever at the Summer Games, placing first in the 400-m freestyle.

"I couldn't be happier for her," said Gabor's father, Gustav. "She has worked extremely hard to get where she is and she's doing what she believes and dreams in. That's her dream."

Gustav credits his daughter's determination to her success as a swimmer.

"She's determined to succeeded in basically everything she does," he said. "She's very good in school, she's a very good person and when she puts her mind to something she tries very hard to achieve it. I credit that to her success; when she wants it, she does what it takes to get there."

He said Alexandra has also learned to deal with the pressure over her nine years as a swimmer.

"I think that has been developed over the years," Gustav said. "I think from the beginning she has understood that pressure is part of the process and she has learned to handle it better and better as time went on."

Gabor will have a chance to add to her medal collection today when she will compete in both the 800-m and 50-m freestyle finals.

So far her three medals are the only ones won by the Yukon at the 2009 Canada Summer Games.

The Yukon's two golds and one bronze is ahead of the medal total for P.E.I., Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. As of press time, Team Yukon is trailing New Brunswick by one medal and Newfoundland by two.

Ontario leads all provinces with 161 medals, which was 30 more than second place Quebec.

B.C. has sole possession of third place with 115 medals and Alberta's total is 52. Nova Scotia is the top maritime province with 49 medals.

The Games conclude on Saturday after two weeks of competition.