Greg Brough

Greg Brough
Personal information
Full name Gregory John Brough
Nickname(s) "Bruffy"
National team  Australia
Born (1951-03-26)26 March 1951
Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Died 9 March 2014(2014-03-09) (aged 62)
Beechmont, Queensland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

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.

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