Terry Gathercole
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| Full name | Terrence Stephen Gathercole | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1935 Tallimba, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 May 2001 (aged 65) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terrence Stephen Gathercole AM (25 November 1935 – 30 May 2001), was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He later became a swimming coach, at one stage being the Australian female team coach for the 1964 Summer Olympics and guiding numerous breaststroke students to Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He also served as the president of Swimming Australia.