- Nancy Garapick
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Nancy Ellen Garapick Personal information Born September 24, 1961
Halifax, Nova ScotiaSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Backstroke, butterfly Medal recordWomen's swimming Competitor for Canada Olympic Games Bronze 1976 Montreal 100 m backstroke Bronze 1976 Montreal 200 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Silver 1975 Cali 200 m backstroke Bronze 1975 Cali 100 m backstroke Bronze 1978 Berlin 4x100 m freestyle Pan American Games Silver 1979 San Juan 200 m medley Silver 1979 San Juan 4x100 m medley Bronze 1979 San Juan 100 m butterfly Bronze 1979 San Juan 200 m butterfly Bronze 1979 San Juan 400 m medley Nancy Ellen Garapick (born September 24, 1961) is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer. She won two bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, setting a new Olympic Record for the 100m backstroke during heats.
Garapick's Olympic performances came on the heels of her World Record performance on April 27, 1975 at the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ontario, while a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club and coached by Nigel Kemp.[1] It was there that she set a new World Record in the 200m backstroke with a time of 2:16:33 at the age of 13.
In 2008, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[2] The official ceremony took place November 5, 2008, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3]
References
- ^ "Nigel Kemp, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame". Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. 2008-10-08. http://www.nsshf.com/inductee_view.cfm?InducteeID=155. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees". The Sports Network. 2008-05-13. http://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inducts its newest Honoured Members". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 2008-11-05. http://www.cshof.ca/accessible/whatson_event_detail.php?item_id=19. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
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