Gary Wayne MacDonald (born December 15, 1953) is a freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won a silver medal in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the

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in Montreal. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans, and Stephen Pickell. Gary was the Canadian record holder in the 50-metre freestyle as well. He also won two silver medals in relay events at the

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. MacDonald lives in

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. He was the head coach of the Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club until his retirement in 2004; a position he had held for twenty two years. He was an assistant coach with the Dalhousie University Tigers varsity swim club for 11 years. In September 2015, he became the

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head coach for the Axemen and Axewomen varsity swim team. The Gary MacDonald Park was recently opened in Mission, named after him.

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* 1953 births Living people People from Mission, British Columbia Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian swimming coaches Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from British Columbia Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Simon Fraser University alumni Simon Fraser Red Leafs men's swimmers {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub

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