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John Hind (swimmer)
John Hind is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1976 Toronto Games, he competed in five swimming events and won three silver medals in the Men's 25 m Freestyle 2, Men's 25 m Butterfly 2 and Men's 3 x 25 m Individual Medley 2. References Male Paralympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Australian male freestyle swimmers Australian male butterfly swimmers 20th-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
