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Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist
Gary Winram
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Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist
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Gary Francis Winram
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Gary Francis Winram (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events.As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2). Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.
At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.
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Australian male swimmers
Australian male swimmers
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Olympic swimmers of Australia
Olympic swimmers of Australia
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