Gary Winram
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Full name | Gary Francis Winram | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney | 5 August 1936||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Bondi ASC | ||||||||||||||||
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Gary Francis Winram (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2).[1] Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.[2]
At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.[2]
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References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Winram". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Gary Winram Has Retired as Swimmer", The Age (13 August 1959). Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
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- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
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