Graham Smith (Canadian swimmer)

Donald Graham Smith (born May 9, 1958) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He did so alongside teammates Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans and Gary MacDonald. His brother George and sister Becky also competed in swimming.

For the Scottish swimmer, born 1976, see Graeme Smith (swimmer). For the Bermuda swimmer, born 1982, see Graham Smith (Bermudian swimmer).
Graham Smith
Personal information
Full nameDonald Graham Smith
National teamCanada
Born (1958-05-09) May 9, 1958
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, medley
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, he became the first competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games; he won the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, 200- and 400-metre individual medleys, and was part of the winning 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay teams. Smith twice broke the world record in the men's 200-metre individual medley (long course).

He also won a NCAA national swimming championship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1978.

See also

References
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Graham Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13.


Records
Preceded by

David Wilkie
Steve Lundquist		 Men's 200-metre individual medley
world record-holder
August 23, 1975 – August 4, 1977
August 2 – 24, 1978		 Succeeded by

Aleksandr Sidorenko
Jesse Vassallo


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