James GilmourMarriage Record (Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 706)Birth Certificate: Scotland's People GROS Ref B1906 282-04 172 Thompson (January 20, 1906Birth Certificate: Scotland's People GROS Ref B1906 282-04 172 – January 26, 1966Builder – Jimmy Thompson
. swimontario.com) was a Scottish-born Canadian

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who won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

in Amsterdam; he also competed in the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle events, but failed to reach the finals. Two years later he won a gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle relay at the

1930 British Empire Games The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930. The event was organized by '' Hamilton Spectator'' sportswriter Bobby Robinso ...

. Thompson was born in Scotland and in the early 1920s moved to Canada, where he started training in swimming at the Toronto YMCA club. In 1928 the Canadian Olympic Committee selected him for the Olympics as a fourth team member, but could sponsor only three swimmers. Thompson, a machinist by profession, had modest incomes and had to seek sponsors to attend the Games. Later he initiated a government-sponsored swimming program for poor, and between 1932 and 1966 worked as the head coach of the Hamilton Aquatic Club. He was named Hamilton's Citizen of the Year in 1959, Canada's Swimming Coach of the Year in 1964, and was inducted into the Hamilton Sports and Ontario Aquatic Halls of Fame. Hamilton's Jimmy Thompson Memorial Swimming Pool carried his name. He died of cancer in 1966. His daughter

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also became Olympic swimmer in Tokyo in 1964. His son

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competed at 1972 and 1984 Olympic Games in water polo.James Thompson
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Jimmy Thompson's family pushes to keep pool named in his honour

Jimmy Thompson ‐ Hamilton Aquatics Club Founder and Coach
1906 births 1966 deaths Sportspeople from Dundee British emigrants to Canada Canadian male freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1930 British Empire Games Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Hamilton, Ontario Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub

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