Gary Winram
Gary Francis Winram (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2).[1] Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.[2]
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| Full name | Gary Francis Winram | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1936 Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bondi ASC | ||||||||||||||||
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At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.[2]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Winram". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- "Gary Winram Has Retired as Swimmer", The Age (13 August 1959). Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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