Carl Bay (swimmer)

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Carl Bay
medal table

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FijiFiji Fiji
South Pacific Games
gold 1963 Suva 110 yd freestyle
gold 1963 Suva 440 yd freestyle
gold 1963 Suva 1650 yd freestyle
gold 1963 Suva 4 × 110 yd freestyle
gold 1963 Suva 4 × 110 yd layers
silver 1966 Nouméa 4 × 100 m freestyle

Carl Frederic Bay (* 1944 or 1945 in Suva ) is a former swimmer from Fiji .

Career

Bay was born the son of Fiji's deputy director of education and attended Suva Grammar School until 1959 . Between 1960 and 1963 he was a student at Whangarei Boys' High School in Whangarei, New Zealand . At the age of ten, Bay began swimming under Paul Krause, an Auckland swim coach who regularly visited the Fiji Islands during the winter. The first South Pacific Games in 1963 in Suva Bay was charged with five gold medals over 110, 440 and 1650  yd freestyle and the 4 × -110-yd-freestyle and the 4 × -110-YD medley relay the most successful athletes in the competitions. At the South Pacific Games in 1966 he was able to win the silver medal again with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. In 1967 he retired from active swimming. In 1995, Bay was inducted into the FASANOC Hall of Fame as the second swimmer after Justine Macaskill . He lived in Brisbane, Australia in 2009 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c He won five gold medals. In: Pacific Islands Monthly , Volume 34, No. 1, Aug. 1, 1963, p. 160.
  2. ↑ Past Rolls: 1960. In: wbhsoba.co.nz , accessed on May 22, 2020. (PDF; 52 kB)
  3. ↑ 1995 Carl Bay - Swimming. In: sportstg.com (May 27, 2009). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Athlete Historical Snapshot: Carl Bay. In: Fiji Swimming , 1st and 2nd quarter, July 2009, p. 4. (PDF; 713 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Bay, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bay, Carl Frederic (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Fijian swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944 or 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Suva , Fiji