Geoff Shipton Explained

Geoff Shipton
Fullname:Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton
Nicknames:"Geoff"
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:4 June 1941
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales
Height:1.85m (06.07feet)
Weight:73kg (161lb)

Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton (born 4 June 1941) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

The New South Welshman combined with David Theile, Neville Hayes and Terry Gathercole to win silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay, behind the United States and in front of Japanese team by just 0.2 of a second, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. Shipton had previously won a bronze medal in the 110-yard freestyle at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, behind fellow Australians John Devitt and Gary Chapman.

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