Garnet Walter Ault (November 1, 1905 – September 10, 1993) was a Canadian competition

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and Olympic medallist. At the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

in Amsterdam, Ault competed in the 4×200-metre, 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle events, and won a bronze medal in the relay; he finished sixth in the 1500-metre final, and did not advance past the preliminary heats in the 400-metre. The same year he set a Canadian record in the mile at 23:36.6. In 1930 Ault graduated from the

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with a medical degree. He specialized in

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, and in 1937 became member of the American Proctologic Society. Next year, while working as a surgery professor at the

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, he started his own practice in Washington, D.C. Ault was president of the American Proctologic Society from 1964 to 1965, vice-president of the American Board of Colorectal Surgery in 1962–1963, and chief of proctology at the Washington Hospital Center. He retired in 1974, and moved to Florida, and then to Michigan, where he died of a heart attack aged 87.

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* 1905 births 1993 deaths Canadian male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics People from Bellaire, Michigan 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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