Sharon Hambrook

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Personal information
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1963-03-28) March 28, 1963 (age 60)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Synchronized swimming
ClubCalgary Aquabelles
Coach Debbie Muir
Medal record
Synchronized swimming
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Women's duet
World Aquatics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Guayaquil Women's duet
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Guayaquil Women's team
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Caracas Women's solo

Sharon Hambrook (born March 28, 1963) is a Canadian former world champion and Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming. [1]

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Career

Hambrook trained with the Calgary Aquabelles. [2] She won a gold medal with her partner Kelly Kryczka in the women's duet at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil as well as a gold medal in the team event. [3] She received a silver medal in the women's solo at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. [4] Her most notable success was a silver medal in the women's duet with Kelly Kryczka at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, [5] [6] the first year that the sport was recognized by the Olympics.

Honours

Sharon Hambrook was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1996, [7] and was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. [8]

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References

  1. "Sharon Hambrook Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. "The Aquabelles celebrate 50 years of synchro-sisterhood | Metro Calgary". metronews.ca. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. "World Swimming Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. Olderr, Steven (14 September 2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue (in Spanish). McFarland. ISBN   9780786443369 . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. "1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States Synchronized Swimming" Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
  6. Galford, Ellen (18 November 2015). XXIII Olympiad: Los Angeles 1984, Calgary 1988. Warwick Press Inc. ISBN   9781987944204 . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  7. "Sharon Hambrook". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  8. "Hambrook, Sharon". ashfm.ca. Retrieved 20 May 2017.