Gary Abraham (born 8 January 1959) is a male English former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

Abraham represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as England in the Commonwealth games, during the 1970s and early 1980s. Abraham was an Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games medallist. As a 17-year-old, Abraham represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He competed in the 100-metre backstroke, and swam the backstroke leg for the British team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4x100-metre medley relay. Abraham represented

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at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in

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, winning two silver medals in the 100-metre backstroke and the 4x100-metre medley relay. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres backstroke title six times (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981) and the 200 metres backstroke title in 1978. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he earned a bronze medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the third-place British team in the 4×100-metre medley relay.David Wallechinsky, ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition'', p. 736. Overlook Press (2000). . He was the first swimmer to utilize the rule permitting swimmers to swim 15 metres underwater at start of certain events. Abraham retired from competitive swimming in 1983. He currently coaches at

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Swimming Club.

Personal bests

; Long course (50 m) ; Short course (33m) ; Short course (25 m)

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* 1959 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Miami Hurricanes men's swimmers Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

Swimming career

Personal bests

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