Turlough O'Hare (born July 16, 1969) is a former international

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who competed in two

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for Canada: in 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona. His best Olympic result was eighth place with the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team in 1988. His international highlights included winning the Distance Freestyle World Cup series 1989 and placing 7th at the 1990 World Aquatic Championships in the 200-metre freestyle. He is a 37-time national champion and set eight Canadian and two Commonwealth records. At the

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, O'Hare won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle. At the

1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events wer ...

, O'Hare won two gold medals in the 400 and 800-metre freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyleISHOF list with all medalists in history

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1969 births Living people Canadian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers from British Columbia UBC Thunderbirds swimmers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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