Nancy Garapick
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| Full name | Nancy Ellen Garapick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 24, 1961 Halifax, Nova Scotia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
References
- ↑ "Nigel Kemp, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame". Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ↑ "Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees". The Sports Network. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inducts its newest Honoured Members". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2008-11-09.