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Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)

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Full name
  
Donald Graham Smith

Name
  
Graham Smith

Strokes
  
Breaststroke, medley


Sport
  
Swimming

National team
  
Canada

Role
  
Canadian swimmer

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Born
  
May 9, 1958 (age 65) (
1958-05-09
)
Edmonton, Alberta

College team
  
University of California, Berkeley

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Similar People
  
Clay Evans, Walter Kusch, Klaus Steinbach, John Hencken, Jim Montgomery

Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He did so alongside teammates Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. His brother George also competed in swimming.

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, he became the first competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games; he won the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, 200- and 400-metre individual medleys, and was part of the winning 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay teams. Smith twice broke the world record in the men's 200-metre individual medley (long course).

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He also won a NCAA national swimming championship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1978.

References

Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer) Wikipedia