Phyllis Dewar

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Phyllis Dewar
Medal record

Women's Swimming
British Empire Games
Gold	1934 London	100 yd freestyle
Gold	1934 London	440 yd freestyle
Gold	1934 London	4×110 yd freestyle
Gold	1934 London	3×110 yd medley
Gold	1938 Sydney	4×110 yd freestyle

Phyllis Dewar (March 5, 1916 – April 8, 1961) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

She was born in Moose Jaw and died in Toronto.

In 1936 she was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the semi-finals.

In the 1934 Empire Games she won the gold medal in the 100 yards contest, in the 440 yards freestyle event and in two relays. Four years later she won her fifth gold medal.

References

profile

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle

1930 – 1934: 100 yards 1938 – 1966: 110 yards 1970 – 2010: 100 metres

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1938: Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) 1950: Marjorie McQuade (AUS) 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) 1958 – 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1966: Marion Lay (CAN) 1970: Angela Coughlan (CAN) 1974: Sonya Gray (AUS) 1978: Carol Klimpel (CAN) 1982: June Croft (ENG) 1986: Jane Kerr (CAN) 1990: Karen van Wirdum (AUS) 1994: Karen Pickering (ENG) 1998: Sue Rolph (ENG) 2002: Jodie Henry (AUS) 2006: Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) 2010: Alicia Coutts (AUS)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1930: 400 yards 1934 – 1966: 440 yards 1970 – 2010: 400 metres

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1938: Dorothy Green (AUS) 1950: Joan Harrison (SAF) 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) 1958: Ilsa Konrads (AUS) 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1966: Kathy Wainwright (AUS) 1970: Karen Moras (AUS) 1974: Jennifer Turrall (AUS) 1978 – 1982: Tracey Wickham (AUS) 1986: Sarah Hardcastle (ENG) 1990 – 1994: Hayley Lewis (AUS) 1998: Susie O'Neill (AUS) 2002: Rebecca Cooke (ENG) 2006: Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) 2010: Rebecca Adlington (ENG)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1930: 4×100 Yards Freestyle 1934–1966: 4×110 Yards Freestyle 1970–2010: 4×100 Metres Freestyle

1930: England (J. Cooper, D. Cooper, Joynes, Harding) 1934: Canada (Dewar, Humble, Hutton, Pirie) 1938: Canada (Oxenbury, Lyon, Baggaley, Dewar) 1950: Australia (Spencer, Norton, Davies, McQuade) 1954: South Africa (Loveday, Harrison, Petzer, Myburgh) 1958: Australia (Colquhoun, Fraser, Crapp, Morgan) 1962: Australia (Fraser, Bell, Thorn, Everuss) 1966: Canada (Tanner, Hughes, Kennedy, Lay) 1970: Australia (Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson) 1974: Canada (Jardin, Smith, Amundrud, Wright) 1978: Canada (Klimpel, Amundrud, Sloan, Quirk) 1982: England (Gore, Willmott, Croft, Fibbens) 1986: Canada (Nugent, Kerr, Rai, Noall) 1990: Australia (Mullens, Wirdum, Curry-Kenny, O'Neill) 1994: Australia (Windsor, Lewis, Stevenson, O'Neill) 1998: Australia (Rooney, Denman, Thomas, O'Neill) 2002: Australia (Mills, Henry, Thomas, Ryan) 2006: Australia (Lenton, Barratt, Stubbins, Mackenzie) 2010: Australia (Coutts, Guehrer, Galvez, Seebohm)

Persondata
Name	Dewar, Phyllis
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian swimmer
Date of birth	March 5, 1916
Place of birth
Date of death	April 8, 1961
Place of death

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