Stewart twice broke the world record in the women's 100-metre butterfly in the early 1960s. Stewart also competed in freestyle events as a member of the Canadian national team in major international championships.
As a 14-year-old, she represented Canada in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she finished eighth in the women's 100-metre freestyle, and also competed in the preliminary hears of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay event. Two years later at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, she won the gold medal in the women's 100-metre butterfly. At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, Stewart enjoyed a four-medal performance, garnering silver medals for her second-place performances in the 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay.
In her final international appearance at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished eighth in the 100-metre butterfly, and also competed as a member of the Canadian teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay events.
mary, stewart, swimmer, mary, pauline, stewart, born, december, 1945, also, known, married, name, mary, stewart, mcilwaine, canadian, former, competitive, swimmer, mary, stewartpersonal, informationfull, namemary, pauline, stewartnational, teamcanadaborn, 1945. Mary Pauline Stewart born December 8 1945 also known by her married name Mary Stewart McIlwaine is a Canadian former competitive swimmer Mary StewartPersonal informationFull nameMary Pauline StewartNational teamCanadaBorn 1945 12 08 December 8 1945 age 77 Vancouver British ColumbiaHeight1 54 m 5 ft 1 in Weight44 kg 97 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesButterfly freestyleMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting CanadaPan American Games1963 Sao Paulo 100 m freestyle1963 Sao Paulo 100 m butterfly1963 Sao Paulo 4x100 m freestyle1963 Sao Paulo 4x100 m medleyCommonwealth Games1962 Perth 100 m butterfly Contents 1 Swimming career 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSwimming career EditStewart twice broke the world record in the women s 100 metre butterfly in the early 1960s Stewart also competed in freestyle events as a member of the Canadian national team in major international championships As a 14 year old she represented Canada in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where she finished eighth in the women s 100 metre freestyle and also competed in the preliminary hears of the women s 4x100 metre medley relay event Two years later at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth Western Australia she won the gold medal in the women s 100 metre butterfly At the 1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo Brazil Stewart enjoyed a four medal performance garnering silver medals for her second place performances in the 100 metre freestyle 100 metre butterfly 4x100 metre freestyle relay and the 4x100 metre medley relay Despite being of Canadian nationality she won the ASA National British Championships over 110 yards butterfly 1963 1 In her final international appearance at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she finished eighth in the 100 metre butterfly and also competed as a member of the Canadian teams in the 4x100 metre freestyle and 4x100 metre medley relay events Personal life EditShe is the sister of Helen Stewart See also EditWorld record progression 100 metres butterflyReferences Edit From Our Swimming Correspondent World s Fastest Can Swim Faster Still Times 2 Sept 1963 p 3 Times Digital Archive External links EditMary Stewart at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Canadian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine archived September 29 2007 BC Sports Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine archived September 27 2007 RecordsPreceded byJanice Andrew Women s 100 metre butterflyworld record holder long course August 12 1961 August 12 1961 Succeeded bySusan DoerrPreceded bySusan Doerr Women s 100 metre butterflyworld record holder long course July 28 1962 August 16 1963 Succeeded byKathy Ellis Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Stewart swimmer amp oldid 1140243828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
