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Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He did so alongside teammates Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. His brother George and sister Becky also competed in swimming.

Graham Smith
Personal information
Full nameDonald Graham Smith
National teamCanada
Born (1958-05-09) May 9, 1958 (age 64)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, medley
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal 4x100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
1978 Berlin 200 m medley
1978 Berlin 100 m breaststroke
Pan American Games
1979 San Juan 200 m medley
1979 San Juan 4x100 m medley
1979 San Juan 100 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke
1978 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke
1978 Edmonton 200 m medley
1978 Edmonton 400 m medley
1978 Edmonton 4x100 m medley
1978 Edmonton 4x100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
1977 Sofia 100 m breaststroke
1977 Sofia 200 m breaststroke

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, he became the first competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games; he won the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, 200- and 400-metre individual medleys, and was part of the winning 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay teams. Smith twice broke the world record in the men's 200-metre individual medley (long course).

He also won an NCAA national swimming championship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Smith was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1978.[1]


See also



References


  1. "Graham Smith, 1978". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 3, 2022.


Records
Preceded by Men's 200-metre individual medley
world record-holder

August 23, 1975 – August 4, 1977
August 2 – 24, 1978
Succeeded by



На других языках


- [en] Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)

[fr] Graham Smith

Graham Smith est un nageur canadien né le 9 mai 1958 à Edmonton. Il est le frère de Becky Smith.

[it] Graham Smith

Donald Graham Smith (Edmonton, 9 maggio 1958) è un ex nuotatore canadese.



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