Leslie Cliff (swimmer)
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| Full name | Leslie G. Cliff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 11, 1955 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canadian Dolphin Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arizona State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leslie G. Cliff, OC (born March 11, 1955), later known by her married name Leslie Tindle, is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who participated in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games.
Swimming career[]
She competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and won two gold medals at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.[1][2]
She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she attended York House School. As a 17-year-old, she won the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.[1]
Despite being Canadian she won the 'Open' ASA National British Championships over 400 metres freestyle, [3] the 800 metres freestyle title [4] and both the 200 metres medley title and 400 metres medley title in 1974.[5][6]
In 1971, Cliff was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[7] She was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1997.[8]
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References[]
- ^ a b "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame citation".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leslie Cliff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ ""Nine new faces and a strong Scots accent." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley's lone salvage operation." Times, 19 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Nine new faces and a strong Scots accent." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Vienna, city of Wilkie's dreams." Times, 20 July 1974, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation".
- ^ "Leslie Cliff Named an Honorary CA". Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.
External links[]
- Leslie Cliff at Swimming Canada
- Leslie Cliff at FINA
- Leslie Cliff at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Leslie Cliff at Olympics.com
- Leslie Cliff at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leslie Cliff at Olympedia
- Leslie Cliff at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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