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Full name | Erik J. Fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Medicine Hat, Alberta | May 19, 1952||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Yale University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erik J. Fish (born May 19, 1952) is a Canadian former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. As a member of the Canadian third-place team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, he won a bronze medal alongside teammates William Mahony, Bruce Robertson and Robert Kasting.
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