# Bill Mahony

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**William Victor Mahony** (born September 16, 1949) is a former [breaststroke](/source/Breaststroke) swimmer who represented Canada in multiple international championships from 1966 to 1974, including two Summer Olympics, the Pan American Games, and two Commonwealth Games.[1]

Mahony began his international career at the [1966 Commonwealth Games](/source/1966_Commonwealth_Games) in Jamaica, with a bronze medal in the 220-yard breaststroke. In Mexico City for the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics), he competed in the semifinals of the 100-metre breaststroke, the preliminary heats of the 200-metre breaststroke, and the finals of the men's 4×100-metre medley relay.[1]

He attended the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan), where he swam for the [Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving](/source/Michigan_Wolverines_swimming_and_diving) team in [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) (NCAA) and [Big Ten Conference](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) competition from 1969 to 1971. He received [All-American](/source/All-American) honours during each of his three varsity seasons as a college swimmer in the States. Despite being of Canadian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships [220 yards breaststroke](/source/British_Swimming_Championships_-_200_metres_breaststroke_winners) title in 1969.[2]

At the [1970 Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_Commonwealth_Games) in Edinburgh, he won three gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, and the 4×100-metre medley relay. In Cali, Colombia for the [1971 Pan American Games](/source/1971_Pan_American_Games), Mahony earned a silver medal as a member of Canada's 4×100-metre medley relay team. At the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) in Munich, West Germany, he won a bronze medal in the [men's 4×100-metre medley relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_4_x_100_metre_medley_relay), together with Canadian teammates [Erik Fish](/source/Erik_Fish), [Bruce Robertson](/source/Bruce_Robertson_(swimmer)) and [Robert Kasting](/source/Robert_Kasting).

After taking a year off, in his final international event at the [1974 Commonwealth Games](/source/1974_Commonwealth_Games) in Auckland, New Zealand, he won another gold medal swimming his lifetime fastest Breastroke leg for the Canadian team in the 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside [Brian Phillips](/source/Brian_Phillips_(swimmer)), [Bruce Robertson](/source/Bruce_Robertson_(swimmer)) and [Steve Pickell](/source/Steve_Pickell).

From 1977 to 1987 he developed the Adapted Aquatics program at Variety's Treatment Centre in Surrey, British Columbia, and helped to form the British Columbia Branch of the Cerebral Palsy Sports Association. Later, while coaching paraplegic and blind swimmers, he was selected to coach the Canadian swimmers at the 1980 Olympics for the Disabled in the Netherlands. He was awarded Athlete of the Year in New Westminster, and inducted into the BC Swimming Hall of Fame, Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame, and BC Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

## See also

- [List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Games_medallists_in_swimming_(men))
- [List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(men))
- [List of University of Michigan alumni](/source/List_of_University_of_Michigan_alumni)

## References

1. [Bill Mahony](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/bill-mahony-1.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054333/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/bill-mahony-1.html) 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference

1. [""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9."](https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS152400139/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e1464830). *Times Digital Archive*[dead link]

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