Kim Dewar is a former New Zealand swimmer. She won a bronze medal competing for her country at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. A member of the Wharenui Swimming Club in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

specialising in breaststroke and

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual m ...

, Dewar represented New Zealand at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

. In the heats of her individual events, she finished 11th in the 100 metres breaststroke, 12th in the 200 metres breaststroke, and 12th in the 400 metres individual medley, and consequently did not qualify for the finals. Swimming with

Gail Jonson Gail Michelle Jonson (born 4 April 1965 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former medley and butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who won a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. She also repre ...

, Melanie Jones, and Pamela Croad in the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a bronze medal. She also swam in the women's 4×100 metres medley relay, with Megan Tohill, Pamela Croad, and Ursula Cross, finishing fourth in the final.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Swimmers from Christchurch New Zealand female swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers New Zealand female medley swimmers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming 20th-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub