Brian Phillips (swimmer)

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1954)}}

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| name = Brian Phillips

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| fullname = Brian Phillips

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| national_team = Canada

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba

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| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Canada}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1973 Belgrade | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1971 Cali | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1971 Cali | 4x200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1974 Christchurch | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1974 Christchurch | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1974 Christchurch | 100 m freestyle}}

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Brian Phillips (born March 30, 1954) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who won four medals in major international championship events during the early 1970s. Phillips won a total of six medals in major international championships, including the FINA World Championships, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games.

As a 17-year-old at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, Phillips won silver medals as a member of the second-place Canadian teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x200-metre freestyle relay events. The following year, he represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he competed in three events. He was again a member of the Canadian relay teams in the 4x100 and 4x200-metre freestyle relay events, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively, in the event finals.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/brian-phillips-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183207/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/brian-phillips-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|accessdate=May 8, 2015}}

In 1973, he won a bronze medal swimming for the Canadian team in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade. In his final international appearance at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with teammates Bruce Robertson, Gary MacDonald and Ian MacKenzie, and another gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay with Robertson, Steve Pickell and William Mahony. Individually, he also won a bronze in the men's 100-metre freestyle.