Erik J. Fish (born May 19, 1952) is a Canadian former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

specialist who competed for his native country at the

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in Munich, West Germany. As a member of the Canadian third-place team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, he won a bronze medal alongside teammates William Mahony, Bruce Robertson and Robert Kasting.

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Canadian Olympic Committee

1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Medicine Hat Canadian male backstroke swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Sportspeople from Alberta Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub

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