Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith (born June 3, 1959), professionally known as Becky Smith and later known by her married name Becky Wiber, is a Canadian former medley and

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who won the bronze medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the

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, Canada, finishing behind East German

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(gold) and her Canadian teammate

Cheryl Gibson Cheryl Anne Gibson (born July 28, 1959), is a former competitive swimmer from Canada who won the silver medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She held the Alberta provincial record in ...

(silver). At the same Olympic Games, she also finished third in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, alongside

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Barbara Clark Barbara Lynne Clark (born September 24, 1958), later known by her married name Barbara Parolin, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada, who competed primarily in international freestyle events. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Q ...

and Anne Jardin. Her brothers

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and

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also competed in swimming. She was a grade school teacher at Westbrook School in

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for Grade 6. She retired in 2019.

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Canadian Olympic Committee
1959 births Living people Canadian female butterfly swimmers Canadian female freestyle swimmers Canadian female medley swimmers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers from Edmonton Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming 20th-century Canadian women Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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