Greg Brough

{{short description|Australian swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

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| name = Greg Brough

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| fullname = Gregory John Brough

| nicknames = "Bruffy"

| national_team = Australia

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|3|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Surfers Paradise, Queensland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|9|1951|3|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Beechmont, Queensland

| height = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1968 Mexico City | 1500 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1970 Edinburgh | 400 m freestyle}}

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Gregory John Brough (26 March 1951 – 9 March 2014) was an Australian long-distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In Mexico City, Brough finished behind the American world record-holder Mike Burton and his teammate John Kinsella. He also finished fourth in the 400-metre, also won by Burton. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Brough won a bronze in the 400-metre behind fellow Australian Graham White.

He attended The Southport School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tss.qld.edu.au/sport/|title=Sport and Activities|publisher=The Southport School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228155944/https://www.tss.qld.edu.au/sport/|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=29 December 2017}}

See also

References

  • {{cite book | last = Andrews | first = Malcolm | year = 2000 | title = Australia at the Olympic Games|publisher=ABC Books |isbn=0-7333-0884-8 |location=Sydney, New South Wales |page=64}}

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