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Gary Abraham (born 8 January 1959) is a male English former competitive swimmer.

Gary Abraham

Personal information
Full name	Gary Abraham
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1959-01-08) 8 January 1959 (age 63) Southampton, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly
Club	Southampton Swimming Club
College team	University of Miami
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley World Championships - Long Course 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 100 m backstroke 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley

Swimming career

Abraham represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as England in the Commonwealth games, during the 1970s and early 1980s. Abraham was an Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games medallist. As a 17-year-old, Abraham represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He competed in the 100-metre backstroke, and swam the backstroke leg for the British team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4x100-metre medley relay.

Abraham represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, winning two silver medals in the 100-metre backstroke and the 4x100-metre medley relay.[1][2] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title six times (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981) and the 200 metres backstroke title in 1978.[3][4][5][6]

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he earned a bronze medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the third-place British team in the 4×100-metre medley relay.[7] He was the first swimmer to utilize the rule permitting swimmers to swim 15 metres underwater at start of certain events.

Abraham retired from competitive swimming in 1983. He currently coaches at Eastleigh Swimming Club.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m butterfly	55.42		23 August 1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Russia	Watch on YouTube
100 m backstroke	57.72		24 August 1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Russia

Short course (33m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
110 yd backstroke	59.80		March 1981	Hampshire County Championships	Southampton, United Kingdom	Source

Short course (25 m)

Event	Time		Date	Meet	Location	Ref
100 m butterfly	58.79		March 1982	Hampshire County Championships	Southampton, United Kingdom	Source
100 m backstroke	1:00:00		March 1978	Hampshire County Championships	Southampton, United Kingdom	Source

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Abraham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.

На других языках

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- [en] Gary Abraham

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[fr] Gary Abraham

Gary Abraham, né le 8 janvier 1959 à Southampton (Angleterre), est un nageur britannique, spécialiste des courses de dos et de papillon.

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[it] Gary Abraham

Gary Abraham (Southampton, 8 gennaio 1959) è un ex nuotatore britannico.

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[ru] Абрахам, Гэри

Гэри Абрахам (англ. Gary Abraham; род. 8 января 1959, Саутгемптон, Гэмпшир) — британский пловец, призёр Игр Содружества, чемпионата мира и летних Олимпийских игр 1980 года в Москве, участник двух Олимпиад.

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