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The Halifax native set a world file as a 13-year-old within the 200-metre backstroke on April 27, 1975, on the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ont., whereas a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club.
Halifax native set a world file as a 13-year-old
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Former Canadian swim star and two-time Olympic medallist Nancy Garapick has died. She was 64.
Swimming Canada mentioned Garapick died peacefully at residence in Langley, B.C., on Monday.
The Halifax native set a world file as a 13-year-old within the 200-metre backstroke on April 27, 1975, on the Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ont., whereas a member of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club.
Later that 12 months, Garapick was named Canada’s youngest-ever feminine athlete of the 12 months at age 14.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she earned bronze medals in each the 100 and 200 backstroke.
Garapick was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame and in 2008 grew to become a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
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