William Mahony (swimmer)

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Bronze 1972 Munich 4x100m Medley Relay

William ("Bill") Mahony (born September 16, 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who's eight years of competing internationally for his native country began in 1966 at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, with a bronze in the 220yd breastroke.

Mahony swam in two Summer Olympics, 1968 in Mexico City, and later in Munich (1972) where he won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay, alongside Erik Fish, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh he was a triple gold medal winner, in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke, and the 4x100m Medley. In his last swim, at his third consecutive Commonwealth Games (New Zealand,1974), he helped win gold in the Medley Relay.

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