Becky Smith

Becky Smith
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith
Nickname(s) "Becky"
National team  Canada
Born (1959-06-03) June 3, 1959
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, medley

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.

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