Mel Zajac | |
Fullname: | Melvin Nicholas Zajac |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1956 |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada |
Melvin Nicholas "Mel" Zajac (23 April 1956 - 13 July 1986) was a Canadian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
Zajac died in a kayak accident when his kayak got caught in a tide pool and overturned. His brother Marty died in an avalanche eight months later in Cariboo.[3]