Tom Ponting
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1965 –
Who is Tom Ponting?
Thomas "Tom" Harold Ponting is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. At every occasion he won a medal with the Men's 4×100 m medley relay team: two silver and one bronze.
At the Canadian Interuniversity Swimming Championships in 1989 Ponting broke the World and Canadian Records in 100m Butterfly/Papillon, with a time of 52.62. This record still stands as CIS record.
Ponting is the only swimmer in Canadian history to win three Olympic medals in three different Olympic Games.
4×100 m medley relay 4×100 m medley relay
100 m butterfly - 52.62
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