Aldy Meinhardt
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Aldwin Walter Meinhardt |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event | Freestyle / Butterfly |
Aldwin Walter Meinhardt is a Canadian former swimmer of the 1960s who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly. He was a Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games medalist.[1]
Meinhardt, who is of Austrian descent, swam for the Vancouver Amateur Swim Club and was an All-American on the University of Washington swim team.[2] He was the first Canadian to swim the 100 metre butterfly in under one minute and was also a national record holder in freestyle.[3] In 1964 he briefly held Canada's 100 yard freestyle and 200 yard butterfly records, only to have them both bettered by Daniel Sherry later in the same competition.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swim Star Injured in Cycle Crash". The Vancouver Sun. September 4, 1963.
- ^ "Empty Chair Gets Aldy's Trophy". The Vancouver Sun. January 11, 1963.
- ^ "BEG swimmers look good as marks fall". The Province. November 5, 1962.
- ^ "Olympic Aces In 10 Events, Set 10 Marks". Times Colonist. September 21, 1964.
Categories:
- Living people
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Canadian male butterfly swimmers
- Canadian people of Austrian descent
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Washington Huskies men's swimmers
- Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States