Becky Wiber

Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith (born June 3, 1959), professionally known as Becky Smith and 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. Her brothers Graham and sister George also competed in swimming.

This article is about the Canadian former Olympic swimmer, boxer and teacher. For the Darren Shan character and protagonist of Zom-B, see Zom-B § Characters. For the American Republican politician, see Becky Weber.
Becky Wiber
Personal information
Full nameRebecca Gwendolyn Smith
Nickname(s)"Becky"
National teamCanada
Born (1959-06-03) June 3, 1959
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly, medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Cali 4x100 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 200 m medley

She was a grade school teacher at Westbrook School in Edmonton, Alberta for Grade 6. She retired in 2019.

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