Mary Christine McConkey (February 29, 1916 – October 27, 1981) was a competitive

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who swam in

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and backstroke events. As a 19-year-old, McConkey represented Canada at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in Berlin, Germany. She was a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay. Individually, McConkey also competed in the women's 100-metre backstroke, but she did not advance beyond the first round.

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* * 1916 births 1981 deaths Canadian female backstroke swimmers Canadian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub