Gail Michelle Jonson (born 4 April 1965 in
Hamilton, New Zealand
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) is a former
medley and
butterfly
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swimmer
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from New Zealand, who won a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the
1982 Commonwealth Games
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. She also represented her native country at
1984 Summer Olympics
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.
References
New Zealand Olympic Committee
1965 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers of New Zealand
New Zealand female butterfly swimmers
New Zealand female medley swimmers
Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand
New Zealand female swimmers
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
20th-century New Zealand women
21st-century New Zealand women
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