Peter Doak

Peter Doak
Personal information
Full name Peter John Doak
National team Australia
Born (1944-03-03) 3 March 1944
Victoria, Australia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Peter John Doak, OAM (born 9 March 1944)[1] was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He attended Geelong College between 1955 and 1960 where he joined the swimming team in 1958.[2]

Doak combined with Bob Windle, David Dickson and John Ryan to win bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, behind the United States and German teams, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. Doak had previously won gold in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, and finished fourth in the corresponding individual event. In 2014, Doak was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia.[2]

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References

  1. Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (April 2014). "Peter Doak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "DOAK, Peter John OAM". Geelong College. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.


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