Nancy Garapick

Nancy Garapick

Personal information
Full name	Nancy Ellen Garapick
National team	Canada
Born	(1961-09-24) September 24, 1961 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly
Medal record Women'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 competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She won two bronze medals in the 100-metre backstroke and 200-metre backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, behind two East German athletes. She set a new Olympic record for the 100-metre 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.^[3]

See also

• World record progression 200 metres backstroke

References

External links

• Canadian Olympic Committee
• Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame