Nancy Garapick

Nancy Ellen Garapick (born September 24, 1961) is a former Canadian competition swimmer, Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder. She won two bronze medals in the 100-metre backstroke and 200-metre backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, behind two East German athletes, Ulrike Richter and Birgit Treiber, who later were confirmed to be longstanding participants of the East German doping scandal of the 1970s.[1]"She set a new Olympic record for the 100-metre backstroke during heats.

Nancy Garapick
Personal information
Full nameNancy Ellen Garapick
National teamCanada
Born (1961-09-24) September 24, 1961
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly

Garapick's Olympic performances came on the heels of her world record performance on April 27, 1975 at the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ontario, while a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club and coached by Nigel Kemp.[2] It was there that she set a new World Record in the 200m backstroke with a time of 2:16:33 at the age of 13.

In 2008, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[3] The official ceremony took place November 5, 2008, in Toronto, Ontario.[4]

In 2018 she was named one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Doping's Darkest Hour: The East Germans and the 1975 Olympic Games". Swimming World. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  2. "Nigel Kemp, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame". Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. 2008-10-08. Archived from the original on 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  3. "Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees". The Sports Network. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  4. "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inducts its newest Honoured Members". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 2008-11-05. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  5. Tattrie, Jon (30 April 2018). "Sidney Crosby to headline 'greatest sports dinner' in Nova Scotia". CBC Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2018.


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