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Sport
  
Swimming

Name
  
Gwitha Shand

Height
  
1.65 m


Gwitha Shand

Born
  
31 July 1904
Christchurch, New Zealand

Died
  
11 December 1962 (aged 58)

Gwitha Ifwersen Shand (31 July 1904 – 11 December 1962) was a New Zealand swimmer, who competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the 100m freestyle she eliminated in the semi-finals. In the final of the 400m freestyle she did not finish. Shand and fellow swimmer Clarrie Heard caught colds before the Olympics and neither was able to swim at their best, Shand in particular having trouble breathing during her races.

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