Turlough O'Hare
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Full name | Turlough O'Hare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1969-07-16) July 16, 1969 (age 54) Victoria, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pacific Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turlough O'Hare (born July 16, 1969) is a former international freestyle swimmer who competed in two Summer Olympics for Canada: in 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona. His best Olympic result was eighth place with the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team in 1988.[1] His international highlights included winning the Distance Freestyle World Cup series 1989 and placing 7th at the 1990 World Aquatic Championships in the 200-metre freestyle. He is a 37-time national champion and set eight Canadian and two Commonwealth records.
At the 1991 Summer Universiade, O'Hare won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle. At the 1993 Summer Universiade, O'Hare won two gold medals in the 400 and 800-metre freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle[2]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ Profile
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1985: Justin Lemberg (AUS)
- 1987: Matt Cetlinski (USA)
- 1989: Turlough O'Hare (CAN)
- 1991: Kieren Perkins (AUS)
- 1993: Kieren Perkins (AUS)
- 1995: Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 1997: Grant Hackett (AUS)
- 1999: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2006: Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2010: Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2014: Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2018: Jack McLoughlin (AUS)
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