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Full name
  
Gary Francis Winram

Club
  
Bondi ASC

Strokes
  
Freestyle


Sport
  
Swimming

National team
  
Australia

Name
  
Gary Winram

Gary Winram 1958 Press Photo Ian KonradsGary Winram Murray Garrettswim meet

Born
  
5 August 1936 (age 87) (
1936-08-05
)
Sydney, New South Wales

Gary Francis Winram (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2). Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.

At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.

References

Gary Winram Wikipedia