{{Short description|Australian swimmer (1936–2022)}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Gary Winram | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Gary Francis Winram | nicknames = | national_team = Australia | strokes = Freestyle | club = Bondi ASC | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|08|05}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|05|29|1936|08|05}} | death_place = Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb|abbr=on}} --> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Australia}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1958 Cardiff | 1650 yd freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1958 Cardiff | 440 yd freestyle}} }}
'''Gary Francis Winram''' (5 August 1936 – 29 May 2022) was an Australian competitive swimmer who specialised primarily in middle- and long-distance freestyle events. As a 20-year-old, he competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He finished sixth in the men's 400-metre freestyle final (4:34.9), and eighth in the final of the men's 1500-metre freestyle (19:06.2).<ref name=sroprofile>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/gary-winram-1.html |title=Gary Winram |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002050349/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/gary-winram-1.html |archive-date=2 October 2015 |access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref> Two years later at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Winram won a silver medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and a bronze in the 440-yard freestyle.<ref name=theage13081958>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19590813&id=96UUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Tq8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2215,2026022&hl=en Gary Winram Has Retired as Swimmer]", ''The Age'' (13 August 1959). Retrieved 4 November 2015.</ref>
At the age of 16, he was the first Australian to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 19 minutes.<ref name=theage13081958/>
==See also== * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Olympedia|45315}}
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