Nancy garapick biography
Nancy Garapick (born September 24, 1961), Canadian swimmer ...!
Biography of Nancy Garapick
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Numbers never tell it all. They are cold and unfeeling, with no means to measure heart, no way to factor in the indomitable spirit and bubbling laughter of a 13-year-old kid with a country on her shoulders, living in the moment and having the time of her life.
In Cali, Colombia in 1975, Nancy Garapick was beyond numbers. She was simply the best story of the World Aquatic Games.
Nancy garapick biography
It had all happened so quickly. In four months she'd climbed from 38th in the world in the 200-metre backstroke to the world-record holder. Now she was in Cali, hearing every day that she was her country's only hope against the might of the East German swim colossus.
Poised for the start of the 100-metre backstroke final, the 113-pounder from Halifax looked like a dingy between destroyers.
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On her right in lane five, Ulrike Richter, world champion at 100 metres. On her left in lane three, Birgit Treiber, who had wrestled back the world 200-metre record. The tall, muscular twin towers of