Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)
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| Full name | Donald Graham Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 9, 1958 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Side Swim Club Calgary Dinos, Calgary (CAN) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | U. Cal. Berkeley University of Calgary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nort Thornton (Berkeley) Deryk Snelling (U. of Calgary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former multi-stroke swimming competitor who swam for the University of California Berkeley, and the University of Calgary and won a silver in the 4x 100-meter freestyle relay at 1976 Montreal Olympics representing Canada. He is a former world record holder. Considered one of Canada's most outstanding swimmers in the 1970's, Smith won 56 gold, 23 silver, and 8 bronze medals during his career in national, world championship and Olympic competitions.
Smith was born May 9, 1958, in Edmonton, Alberta. Part of an athletic family, his brother George and sister Becky also competed in swimming. At ten, he swam for the South Side Swim Club, breaking a national age group record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:29.1 in January 1969 at the Alberta Indoor Swimming Championships. Beginning in 1973, he swam for the Canadian National Team. He joined Canada's National Team in 1973.