From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Keith Beavers
Keith Beavers
Keith Beavers Swim club under coach Bud McAllister, was encouraged
Personal information by his parents Don and Arlene to start swimming lessons
at the age of six.
Full name Keith Beavers
In 2008, Beavers qualified for the 2008 Summer
Nationality Canada Olympics in Beijing in the 200 back and 400 IM at the
Olympic Trials in Montreal. Beavers was once again rep-
Born February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09)
London, Ontario, Canada resenting the Region of Waterloo Swim club under coach
Dean Boles. He placed 7th in the 200 IM.[2] Keith has an-
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) nounced his retirement from international competition.
Sport
Sport Swimming External links
• Team Canada profile
Stroke(s) Medley and Backstroke
Medal record References
Men’s Swimming
[1] "Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results".
Competitor for Canada http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/
8CA3C784139C20FF01139C2C41550F77.htm.
Pan American Games
Retrieved 2007-07-29.
Bronze 2007 Rio[1] 400 m individual medley [2] http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/
athletes/be/keith-beavers-1.html at Sports
Keith Beavers (born February 9, 1983) was born in Lon- Reference
don, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Persondata
Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Name Beavers, Keith
Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer
Alternative names
from Canada, who competed for his native country at
the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Short description
Masters student at the University of Waterloo. In 2002 Date of birth February 9, 1983
he won the bronze medal and broke the Canadian record Place of birth London, Ontario, Canada
in the men’s 200 m backstroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships. In 2003, Beavers came back to Date of death
lower the mark once again in April at the U.S. Nationals Place of death
clocking 1:59.15. In 2006 at the Pan Pacific Trials he once
again lowered his 200 m backstroke record to 1:58.97 He
began his swimming career with the Orangeville Otters
Swim Club, Orangeville, Ontario.
Another career highlight was at the US Open when
he upset double Olympic backstroke champion Lenny
Krayzelburg of the United States for the gold in the 200
m backstroke. His sister Lindsay was also a national team
swimmer.
In 2004, Beavers had already pre-qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics in the 200 back with his per-
formance at 2003 World Aquatics Championships in
Barcelona, Spain. He made the cut at Olympic Trials by
placing first in the 400 m individual medley, clocking
4:17.65. Beavers, who represents the Region of Waterloo
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Keith Beavers
Categories:
• 1983 births
• Living people
• Male backstroke swimmers
• Male medley swimmers
• Canadian male backstroke swimmers
• Canadian male medley swimmers
• Olympic swimmers of Canada
• People from London, Ontario
• People from Orangeville, Ontario
• Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers from Ontario
• University of Waterloo alumni
• Pan American Games competitors for Canada
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