Aldy Meinhardt

Aldy Meinhardt

Personal information
Birth name	Aldwin Walter Meinhardt
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Swimming
Event	Freestyle / Butterfly
Medal record Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 4×110 y freestyle 1962 Perth 4×220 y freestyle relay 1962 Perth 110 y butterfly 1962 Perth 4×110 y medley Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 4×200 m freestyle

Aldwin Walter Meinhardt is a Canadian former swimmer of the 1960s who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly. He was a Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games medalist. ^[1]

Meinhardt, who is of Austrian descent, swam for the Vancouver Amateur Swim Club and was an All-American on the University of Washington swim team. ^[2] He was the first Canadian to swim the 100 metre butterfly in under one minute and was also a national record holder in freestyle. ^[3] In 1964 he briefly held Canada's 100 yard freestyle and 200 yard butterfly records, only to have them both bettered by Daniel Sherry later in the same competition. ^[4]

References

1. "Swim Star Injured in Cycle Crash". The Vancouver Sun . September 4, 1963.
2. "Empty Chair Gets Aldy's Trophy". The Vancouver Sun. January 11, 1963.
3. "BEG swimmers look good as marks fall". The Province . November 5, 1962.
4. "Olympic Aces In 10 Events, Set 10 Marks". Times Colonist . September 21, 1964.