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Gary Lord (swimmer)

Gary Lord
Personal information
Birth nameGary Michael Lord
Born (1967-11-30) 30 November 1967 (age 56)
Sport
Country Australia
SportSwimming
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4×200 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. ^ a b "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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