Wendy Quirk (born May 29, 1959) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada in international swimming events during the 1970s. Quirk won eleven medals in major international swimming championships, spanning the FINA World Championships, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games.

International career

In her international debut as a 16-year-old, Quirk represented Canada at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, where she won a bronze medal for her third-place finish in the 100-metre butterfly. The following year at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Quirk placed fifth overall in the 200-metre butterfly, sixth overall in the 100-metre butterfly, and ninth overall in the 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events.

Wendy Quirk

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Alberta, Quirk won three gold medals in the 100-metre butterfly, 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay, a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle. Later that same year, she won bronze medals for her performances in the 100-metre butterfly and 4x100-metre freestyle relay in the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. In her final international appearance at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she won a pair of silver medals as a member of the Canadian relay teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley events, together with two bronze medals in individual events, the 100-metre butterfly and 400-metre freestyle.

Wendy Quirk

College career

Quirk attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition under coach Randy Reese in 1977 and 1978. During her two-year American college career, she received five All-American honors. She also attended and graduated from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

Wendy Quirk

See also

List of University of Alberta alumni

List of University of Florida Olympians

List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

References

External links

Official Results for Wendy Quirk

1959 births

Living people

Anglophone Quebec people

Canadian female butterfly swimmers

Canadian female freestyle swimmers

Florida Gators women's swimmers

Olympic swimmers for Canada

Swimmers from Montreal

Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games

Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games

World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada

Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada

Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Pan American Games medalists in swimming

Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games

20th-century Canadian women

Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games