Bill Puddy
Appearance
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Full name | Albert William Puddy | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Bill" | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 19, 1916|||||||||||||||||
Died | June 23, 1999 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 82)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Albert William Puddy (December 19, 1916 – June 23, 1999) was a competition swimmer who represented Canada in international swimming events during the 1930s. At the 1934 British Empire Games in London, he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place Canadian team in the 3x110-yard medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 200-yard breaststroke. He also swam in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, but did not advance beyond the first round.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Puddy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1999 deaths
- Swimmers from Toronto
- Canadian male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian swimming biography stubs