Gary Winram Explained

Gary Winram
Fullname:Gary Francis Winram
National Team:Australia
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Bondi ASC
Birth Date:1936 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Death Place:Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Gary Francis Winram (5 August 1936 – 29 May 2022) was an Australian competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2).[1] Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.[2]

At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Gary Winram . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002050349/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/gary-winram-1.html . 2 October 2015 . 4 November 2015.
  2. " Gary Winram Has Retired as Swimmer", The Age (13 August 1959). Retrieved 4 November 2015.