Shannon Smith (born September 28, 1961) is a former competition

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who represented Canada as a 14-year-old at the

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, Quebec. She won a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the women's 400-metre freestyle with a time 4:14.60, coming behind East German Petra Thumer (4:09.89) and American

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(4:10.46). Smith also competed in the Women's 800-metre freestyle, finishing sixth in the event final and clocking a time of 8:48.15.

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* * 1961 births Living people Canadian female freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers from Vancouver Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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