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Shannon Smith (swimmer)

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Shannon Smith
Personal information
Full nameShannon Smith
National teamCanada
Born (1961-09-28) September 28, 1961 (age 62)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubHyack Swim Club,
Pacific Coast Swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place Montreal 1976 400 m freestyle

Shannon Smith (born September 28, 1961) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada as a 14-year-old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She won a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 400-metre freestyle with a time 4:14.60, coming behind East German Petra Thumer (4:09.89) and American Shirley Babashoff (4:10.46). Smith also competed in the Women's 800-metre freestyle, finishing sixth in the event final and clocking a time of 8:48.15.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Ahtletes, Shannon Smith. Retrieved May 13, 2015.