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Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
A.K.A.
Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith, Becky Wiber
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Female
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Birth:
3 June 1959(Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
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Biography
Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith (born June 3, 1959), later known by her married name Becky Wiber, is a Canadian former medley and butterfly swimmer who won the bronze medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, finishing behind East German Ulrike Tauber (gold) and her Canadian teammate Cheryl Gibson (silver). At the same Olympic Games, she also finished third in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, alongside Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark and Anne Jardin.
She is now a grade school teacher at Westbrook School in Edmonton, Alberta for Grade 6.