Gail Amundrud
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| Full name | Gail Amundrud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 6, 1957 Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canadian Dolphin Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arizona State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gail Amundrud-Beattie[1] (born April 6, 1957) is a former competition freestyle swimmer from Canada.
Swimming career
[edit]At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Amundrud won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongside her Canadian teammates Becky Smith, Barbara Clark and Anne Jardin. Individually, she also finished fifth in the final of the 200-metre freestyle, and advanced to the semifinal of the 100-metre freestyle.[2]
Despite being from Canada she won the 'British Open' 1974 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References
[edit]- ^ "Gail Amundrud-Beattie".
- ^ Profile at Sports Reference Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fox, Norman (20 July 1974). "Fox, Norman. "Vienna, city of Wilkie's dreams." Times, 20 July 1974, p. 15". The Times. p. 15.
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