Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)

Graham Smith

Personal information
Full name	Donald Graham Smith
National team	Canada
Born	(1958-05-09) May 9, 1958 (age 63) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, medley
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 4x100 m medley World Championships (LC) 1978 Berlin 200 m medley 1978 Berlin 100 m breaststroke Pan American Games 1979 San Juan 200 m medley 1979 San Juan 4x100 m medley 1979 San Juan 100 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke 1978 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke 1978 Edmonton 200 m medley 1978 Edmonton 400 m medley 1978 Edmonton 4x100 m medley 1978 Edmonton 4x100 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia 100 m breaststroke 1977 Sofia 200 m breaststroke

Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He did so alongside teammates Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. His brother George and sister Becky also competed in swimming.

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, he became the first competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games; he won the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, 200- and 400-metre individual medleys, and was part of the winning 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay teams. Smith twice broke the world record in the men's 200-metre individual medley (long course).

He also won an NCAA national swimming championship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Smith was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1978.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of University of California, Berkeley alumni
• World record progression 200 metres individual medley

References[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Graham Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13.

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