Greg Brough
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Full name | Gregory John Brough | ||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Bruffy" | ||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||
Born |
Surfers Paradise, Queensland | 26 March 1951||||||||||||
Died |
9 March 2014 62) Beechmont, Queensland | (aged||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gregory John Brough (26 March 1951 – 9 March 2014) was an Australian long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In Mexico City, Brough finished behind the American world record-holder Mike Burton and his teammate John Kinsella. He also finished fourth in the 400-metre, also won by Burton. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Brough won a bronze in the 400-metre behind fellow Australian Graham White.
See also
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 64. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.
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