Gary Lord
Personal information
Birth nameGary Michael Lord
Born (1967-11-30) 30 November 1967
Sport
Country Australia
SportSwimming
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1990 Auckland4×200 m freestyle

Gary Michael Lord (born 30 November 1967) is an Australian former swimmer.[1]

Lord grew up in the Illawarra and trained at the Shellharbour-Warilla Amateur Swimming Club, where his father Mick was a swim coach. His sister Karen was a swimmer and featured at the 1988 Summer Olympics. An uncle, soccer goalkeeper Ron Lord, was also an Olympian.[1][2]

An Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, Lord was a member of Australia's gold medal-winning 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team at the Auckland Commonwealth Games.[3] They swam the final in a games record time. He also swam in the 100 metre freestyle event and finished sixth.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "A stroke or two above the rest". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 1984.
  2. Mardon, Cydonee (24 July 2012). "Swim coach Mick Lord farewelled". Illawarra Mercury.
  3. "SWIMMING AIS awards two scholarships". The Canberra Times. 18 January 1985. p. 20 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "How Curry-Kenny turned villain". The Canberra Times. 27 January 1990. p. 1 via National Library of Australia.


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