Turlough O'Hare
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Full name | Turlough O'Hare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Victoria, British Columbia | July 16, 1969||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pacific Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turlough O'Hare (born July 16, 1969) is a former international freestyle swimmer who competed in two Summer Olympics for Canada: in 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona. His best Olympic result was eighth place with the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team in 1988.[1] His international highlights included winning the Distance Freestyle World Cup series 1989 and placing 7th at the 1990 World Aquatic Championships in the 200-metre freestyle. He is a 37-time national champion and set eight Canadian and two Commonwealth records.
At the 1991 Summer Universiade, O'Hare won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle. At the 1993 Summer Universiade, O'Hare won two gold medals in the 400 and 800-metre freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle[2]
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- ^ Profile
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- UBC Thunderbirds swimmers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade gold medalists for Canada
- Universiade bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Canadian swimming biography stubs