Gary MacDonald (swimmer)

Gary MacDonald

Personal information

Full name

Gary Wayne MacDonald

National team

Canada

Born

December 15, 1953 (age 70)
Mission, British Columbia

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle

College team

Simon Fraser University

Medal record

Men's swimming

Representing Canada
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	4×100 m medley
Pan American Games
	1975 Mexico City	4×100 m freestyle
	1975 Mexico City	4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
	1974 Christchurch	4×100 m freestyle
	1978 Edmonton	4×100 m freestyle
	1974 Christchurch	200 m medley
	1974 Christchurch	4×200 m freestyle
	1978 Edmonton	100 m freestyle

Gary Wayne MacDonald (born December 15, 1953) is a freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won a silver medal in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans, and Stephen Pickell. Gary was the Canadian record holder in the 50-metre freestyle as well. He also won two silver medals in relay events at the 1975 Pan American Games.

MacDonald lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the head coach of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club until his retirement in 2004; a position he had held for twenty two years. He was an assistant coach with the Dalhousie University Tigers varsity swim club for 11 years. In September 2015, he became the Acadia University head coach for the Axemen and Axewomen varsity swim team.

The Gary MacDonald Park was recently opened in Mission, named after him.^{[citation needed]}

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References

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