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Shannon Smith (swimmer)

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Full name
  
Shannon Smith

Role
  
Swimmer

National team
  
Canada

Height
  
1.74 m


Sport
  
Swimming

Weight
  
63 kg

Name
  
Shannon Smith

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming

Born
  
September 28, 1961 (age 62) (
1961-09-28
)
Vancouver, British Columbia

Club
  
Hyack Swim Club, Pacific Coast Swimming

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Shannon Smith (born September 28, 1961) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada as a 14-year-old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She won a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 400-metre freestyle with a time 4:14.60, coming behind East German Petra Thumer (4:09.89) and American Shirley Babashoff (4:10.46). Smith also competed in the Women's 800-metre freestyle, finishing sixth in the event final and clocking a time of 8:48.15.

References

Shannon Smith (swimmer) Wikipedia