Thomas Harold Ponting (born January 28, 1965) is a

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former competitive

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who specialized in the

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. Ponting competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada starting with the

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. At every occasion he won a medal with the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team: two silver and one bronze. At the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) swimming championships in 1989, Ponting broke the world and Canadian records in the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 52.62 seconds. The record still stands as the CIS record. Ponting is the only swimmer in Canadian history to win three Olympic medals in three different Olympic Games (1992, 1988 and 1984). World Record Short Course:
4 × 100 m medley relay (1991) 4 × 100 m medley relay (1992)
100 m butterfly - 52.62 (1989)

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* 1965 births Living people Canadian male butterfly swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada World record setters in swimming Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers of Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Swimmers from Montreal Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Anglophone Quebec people Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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