Gail Amundrud

Gail Amundrud

Personal information
Full name	Gail Amundrud
National team	Canada
Born	(1957-04-06) April 6, 1957 (age 68) Toronto, Ontario
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
College team	Arizona State University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1975 Cali 4×100 m freestyle 1978 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 200 m freestyle 1975 Mexico City 4x100 m freestyle 1979 San Juan 4×100 m freestyle 1979 San Juan 4×100 m medley 1979 San Juan 100 m freestyle 1979 San Juan 200 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch 4×100 m freestyle 1974 Christchurch 4×100 m medley 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle 1974 Christchurch 100 m freestyle 1974 Christchurch 200 m freestyle

Gail Amundrud-Beattie ^[1] (born April 6, 1957) is a former competition freestyle swimmer from Canada.

Swimming career

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Amundrud won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongside her Canadian teammates Becky Smith, Barbara Clark and Anne Jardin. Individually, she also finished fifth in the final of the 200-metre freestyle, and advanced to the semifinal of the 100-metre freestyle. ^[2]

Despite being from Canada she won the 'British Open' 1974 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle. ^[3]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Gail Amundrud-Beattie".
2. Profile at Sports Reference Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. Fox, Norman (20 July 1974). "Fox, Norman. "Vienna, city of Wilkie's dreams." Times, 20 July 1974, p. 15". The Times. p. 15.

External links

• Canadian Olympic Committee Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine