Wade Flemons (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Wade Flemons |
| Born | August 26, 1960 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event | Backstroke |
Medal record | |
Wade Flemons (born August 26, 1960) is a Canadian former backstroke swimmer.[1]
Flemons trained at the Hollyburn Country Club while growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2]
A backstroke specialist, Flemons swam at two World Championships and qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which Canada ultimately boycotted. Swimming in the 100 metre backstroke, he came sixth at the 1979 Pan American Games, won bronze at 1982 Commonwealth Games and was fourth at the 1983 Pan American Games.[3] He was a collegiate swimmer for Stanford University and won an NCAA Division I championship in the 200 yard backstroke.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swim glory only a memory". The Vancouver Sun. June 16, 1984.
- ^ "Wade Flemons Inducted Into Hollyburn Swimming Hall of Fame". Swimming World News. September 30, 2009.
- ^ "Aussies best in swimming". The Expositor. October 6, 1982.
- ^ "Stanford University - Hall of Fame". Stanford University.
External links
[edit]- Wade Flemons at World Aquatics
- Wade Flemons at SwimRankings.net
- Wade Flemons at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Categories:
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Canadian male backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers from Vancouver
- Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
- Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen