Shannon Smith (swimmer)

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Shannon Smith
Personal information
Full nameShannon Smith
National teamCanada
Born (1961-09-28) September 28, 1961 (age 59)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubHyack Swim Club,
Pacific Coast Swimming

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]

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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.