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Full name | William Ray Kennedy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Bill" | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
London, Ontario |
October 26, 1952 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Ray Kennedy (born October 26, 1952) is a Canadian former swimmer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He swam for Canada's third-place team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4x100-metre medley relay. He was ineligible to receive a medal under the Olympic swimming rules then in effect, however, because he did not swim in the event final. He also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-metre backstroke, but did not advance.
Kennedy won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, and gold medals in the 100-metre backstroke and 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.