Mary Stewart (swimmer)
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| Full name | Mary Beth Pauline Stewart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 8, 1945 Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Beth Pauline Stewart (born December 8, 1945), also known by her married name Mary Stewart McIlwaine, is a Canadian former competitive swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]Stewart twice broke the world record in the women's 100-metre butterfly in the early 1960s. Stewart also competed in freestyle events as a member of the Canadian national team in major international championships.
As a 14-year-old, she represented Canada in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she finished eighth in the women's 100-metre freestyle, and also competed in the preliminary hears of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay event.[1] Two years later at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, she won the gold medal in the women's 100-metre butterfly. At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, Stewart enjoyed a four-medal performance, garnering silver medals for her second-place performances in the 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay.
Despite being of Canadian nationality, she won the ASA National British Championships over 110 yards butterfly 1963.[2]
In her final international appearance at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished eighth in the 100-metre butterfly, and also competed as a member of the Canadian teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay events.
Personal life
[edit]She is the sister of Helen Stewart.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mary Stewart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "World's Fastest Can Swim Faster Still." Times, 2 Sept. 1963, p. 3". The Times. 2 September 1963. p. 3.
External links
[edit]- Mary Stewart at World Aquatics
- Mary Stewart at BC Sports Hall of Fame
- Mary Stewart at Team Canada (archive)
- Mary Stewart at Olympics.com
- Mary Stewart at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Swimmers from Vancouver
- Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen