LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS

Celebrating the best and brightest members of our swimming community

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2006
Swimmer
Lenora Fisher (Gilchrist)
Ocean Falls Amateur Swim Club
2002
Swimmer
Mary Stewart (McIlwanie)
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
2003
Swimmer
Stephen Pickell
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
1999
Swimmer
Elaine Tanner
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
2007
Swimmer
Greg Streppel
University of Victoria / Island Swimming Club
2003
Swimmer
Donna-Marie Gurr
Arbutus Swim Club, Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
1980
Honorary Olympic Team, Swimmer
Graham Welbourn
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
2009
Swimmer
Lauren van Oosten
Nanaimo Riptide Swim Team, University of Calgary
2003
Builder, Swimmer
Marion Lay
2025
Builder
Ann Carmichael

Crystal Pool. Where Champions Trained.

The Crystal Pool, located at Vancouver’s Sunset Beach, was home to some of B.C.’s best swimmers. The posh saltwater pool opened in 1928 as part of a private club called the Connaught Beach Club. There were plans for tennis courts, Turkish bath, and a ballroom but the operators went broke, and the contractors finished only the pool. Between 1931 and 1955 Percy Norman, considered Canada’s foremost authority in swimming and diving, served as head coach of the Vancouver Amateur Swim Club at the Crystal Pool. He coached the 1936 Canadian Olympic swim team and the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games …

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