Shannon Smith (swimmer)

Shannon Smith

Personal information
Full name	Shannon Smith
National team	Canada
Born	(1961-09-28) September 28, 1961 (age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Hyack Swim Club, Pacific Coast Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Canada Olympic Games Montreal 1976 400 m freestyle

Shannon Smith (born September 28, 1961) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada as a 14-year-old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She won a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 400-metre freestyle with a time 4:14.60, coming behind East German Petra Thumer (4:09.89) and American Shirley Babashoff (4:10.46). Smith also competed in the Women's 800-metre freestyle, finishing sixth in the event final and clocking a time of 8:48.15. ^[1]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shannon Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

External links

• Shannon Smith at Team Canada
• Shannon Smith at Olympics.com