Becky Smith
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Full name | Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Becky" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia | June 3, 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith (born June 3, 1959), later known by her married name Becky Wiber, is a Canadian former medley and butterfly swimmer who won the bronze medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, finishing behind East German Ulrike Tauber (gold) and her Canadian teammate Cheryl Gibson (silver). At the same Olympic Games, she also finished third in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, alongside Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark and Anne Jardin.
She is now a grade school teacher at Westbrook School in Edmonton for Grade 6.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
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