Graham Windeatt

Graham Windeatt
Munich 72
Personal information
Surname:	Graham Windeatt
Nation:	Australia
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	5th August 1954
Size:	1.87 m
Weight:	78 kg
Medal table

Graham Windeatt (born August 5, 1954 ) is a retired Australian swimmer.

With a height of 1.87 m, his competition weight was 78 kg.

Sporting successes

Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games

Graham Windeatts first international success he achieved with his only participation in the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 by winning the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle. Two years later he won the silver medal over the same distance at the Summer Olympics in Munich , where he was only beaten by American Mike Burton at the finish line, just under 6 seconds behind . Before that, he set a new Olympic record in the second intermediate race over this distance with 15: 59.63 minutes , which Burton broke again in the final. In the 400 m freestyle he just missed a medal with fourth place. In addition, he also took part in the competitions over 400 m medley and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , he started in the 200 and 400 m freestyle as well as in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, but could no longer build on the medal success in Munich.

World record over 800 m freestyle

On April 3, 1971, he swam 800 m freestyle in Sydney in a time of 8: 28.6 minutes, setting a world record that was only broken on September 8, 1973 by his compatriot Stephen Holland .

Others

After the end of his sporting career, he founded the company Life Advantage, whose objective is to support people on their way to a healthy lifestyle through individual training programs.

Web links

• Brief portrait on the website of the Australian Olympic Committee
• Graham Windeatt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Graham Windeatt on the website of Life Advantage (English) ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.