Stephen Clarke (born July 21, 1973) is a Canadian former competition swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist. Clarke was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, and emigrated to Canada at an early age. He swam for the COBRA swim club in

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, where he was the first member of the club to make the national team.City of Brampton Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees
Stephen Clarke
. Retrieved July 19, 2014. Clarke had a distinguished international swimming career, representing Canada at two Summer Olympics and a Commonwealth Games. At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain, he won a bronze medal by anchoring the Canadian team in the men's 4×100-metre medley, swimming with

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, Jonathan Cleveland, and Marcel Gery. He swam in multiple events at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling ...

in Victoria, British Columbia, winning a gold medal in the men's 100-metre freestyle (50.21 seconds), a silver in the 100-metre butterfly (54.45 seconds), and a second silver for anchoring Canada's second-place relay team in the 4x100-metre medley relay (3:43.25), together with teammates

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, Jon Cleveland, and Robert Braknis.GBRAthletics.com, Commonwealth Games Medallists
Swimming & Diving
Retrieved July 19, 2014. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, Georgia, Clarke qualified for the event finals of the men's 100-metre butterfly, finishing seventh with a time of 53.3 seconds. After the 1992 Olympics, Clarke accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the

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team from 1993 to 1995, and again in 1997.
Florida Swimming & Diving 2009–2010 Media Guide
', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 90, 100, 104, 105, 106, 113, 114, 116 (2009). Retrieved July 19, 2014. As a Gator swimmer, Clarke won two individual

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(SEC) championships, and was a member of five SEC championship relay teams. He earned twenty-three All-American honors, and was twice recognized as the team's most valuable swimmer (1995, 1997). After taking a year off from university to train full-time for the 1996 Summer Olympics, he returned for his final year of NCAA competition and graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science in 1997. He was inducted into Brampton Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 1992.

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at Swimming Canada * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Stephen 1973 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Florida Gators men's swimmers Canadian male breaststroke swimmers Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers of Canada Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games

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