Mark
Tewksbury, CAN, Swimmer
Tewksbury
thrilled the world with his gold medal performance in the 100m backstroke
and established a new world record at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
At those games, Tewksbury also won bronze in the 4x100m medley
relay. In the 1988 Seoul
Olympic Games, Tewksbury brought home the silver in the 4x100m medley
relay. Tewksbury is involved
in a number of organizations such as the Special Olympics and in 1993
he founded the Mark Tewksbury Junior Swim Bursary.
In 1994, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1994 by
the Governor General of Canada and in 1995 was inducted into the Canadian
Hall of Fame.
