Gary Lord (swimmer)

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Gary Lord
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Birth nameGary Michael Lord
Born (1967-11-30) 30 November 1967 (age 55)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Sport Swimming
Event(s) Freestyle

Gary Michael Lord (born 30 November 1967) is an Australian former swimmer. [1]

Lord grew up in the Illawarra and trained at the Shellharbour-Warilla Amateur Swimming Club, where his father Mick was a swim coach. His sister Karen was a swimmer and featured at the 1988 Summer Olympics. An uncle, soccer goalkeeper Ron Lord, was also an Olympian. [1] [2]

An Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, Lord was a member of Australia's gold medal-winning 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team at the Auckland Commonwealth Games. [3] They swam the final in a games record time. He also swam in the 100 metre freestyle event and finished sixth. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "A stroke or two above the rest". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 July 1984.
  2. Mardon, Cydonee (24 July 2012). "Swim coach Mick Lord farewelled". Illawarra Mercury .
  3. "SWIMMING AIS awards two scholarships". The Canberra Times . 18 January 1985. p. 20 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "How Curry-Kenny turned villain". The Canberra Times . 27 January 1990. p. 1 via National Library of Australia.