{{short description|Canadian former swimmer (born 1945)}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Sandy Gilchrist | 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 = John Alexander Gilchrist | nicknames = "Sandy" | national_team = Canada | strokes = Freestyle, medley | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|11|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Canada}} {{MedalCompetition | British Empire and Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold | 1966 Kingston | 4×110 yd medley}} {{MedalSilver | 1962 Perth | 4×110 yd freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1962 Perth | 4×220 yd freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1966 Kingston | 1650 yd freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1966 Kingston | 4×110 yd freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1966 Kingston | 4×220 yd freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1966 Kingston | 440 yd medley}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1963 São Paulo | 1500 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1963 São Paulo | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1967 Winnipeg | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1967 Winnipeg | 4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 1967 Winnipeg | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze | 1963 São Paulo | 400 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1963 São Paulo | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze | 1967 Winnipeg | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 1967 Winnipeg | 200 m medley}} {{MedalBronze | 1967 Winnipeg | 400 m medley}} }}
'''John Alexander Gilchrist''' (born November 9, 1945) is a Canadian former swimmer.
==Swimming career== Gilchrist competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics,<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sandy-gilchrist-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sandy-gilchrist-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=8 May 2012}}</ref> with his best performance being in 1968, finishing fourth in the 4x200 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Alexander Gilchrist results |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/john-alexander-gilchrist#b2p-athlete-olympic-results |website=Olympics |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> Despite being of Canadian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships over the 1,650 yards freestyle in 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS33909008/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=14097c4c|title=FROM A SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Stimulus For Swimmers." Times, 16 Aug. 1965, p. 2|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref> and the 440 yards medley title in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS69036301/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c84a371f|title=FROM A SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "World Record In Butterfly." Times, 13 Aug. 1965, p. 4|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref>
==Family== Glichrist's daughter, Kaleigh Gilchrist, is an Olympian, who represented Team USA in water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/through-twists-and-turns-kaleigh-gilchrist-follows-fathers-footsteps-to-tokyo-olympics/|title=Through Twists and Turns, Kaleigh Gilchrist Follows Father’s Footsteps to Tokyo Olympics|first=Matthew De George-Senior|last=Writer|date=July 26, 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}
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