Gail Amundrud
Personal information
Full nameGail Amundrud
National teamCanada
Born (1957-04-06) April 6, 1957
Toronto, Ontario
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCanadian Dolphin Swim Club
College teamArizona State University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Cali 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan 200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Christchurch 200 m freestyle

Gail Amundrud-Beattie[1] (born April 6, 1957) is a former competition freestyle swimmer from Canada.

Swimming career

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Amundrud won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongside her Canadian teammates Becky Smith, Barbara Clark and Anne Jardin. Individually, she also finished fifth in the final of the 200-metre freestyle, and advanced to the semifinal of the 100-metre freestyle.[2]

Despite being from Canada she won the 'British Open' 1974 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title and the 200 metres freestyle.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gail Amundrud-Beattie".
  2. ↑ Profile at Sports Reference Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Fox, Norman (20 July 1974). "Fox, Norman. "Vienna, city of Wilkie's dreams." Times, 20 July 1974, p. 15". The Times. p. 15.


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