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Gary MacDonald
Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist · Canada · On the map · Athletes · Born 1953 · age 72
Gary Wayne MacDonald is a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed for Simon Fraser University and won a silver medal representing Canada in the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the Men's 4×100 m medley relay.
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MacDonald was the Canadian record holder in the 100 and 50-metre freestyle and the 200 metre individual medley, demonstrating his skills as a multi-stroke technician. After completing his education and coaching swimming at Toronto's York University from 1979-1980, he coached the Canadian Dolphin SC in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1980-1983, then moved East to Nova Scottia and coached swimming for the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club from 1983-2004. Remaining in greater Halifax, he then coached at Dalhousie University from 2004-2015 and then moved sixty miles North to Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scottia, where he began as Head Coach in 2015, continuing through around 2021.