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Jay Tapp

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Jay Tapp
Personal information
Birth nameJay Grenville Tapp
Sport
Country Canada
SportSwimming
EventBackstroke
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton 100 m backstroke

Jay Grenville Tapp is a Canadian former backstroke swimmer.

Tapp is the son of former Swimming Canada president Larry Tapp and the father of Olympic swimmer Jake Tapp.[1]

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Tapp swam the backstroke leg of Canada's gold medal-winning 4 x 100 metre medley relay team and also secured a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke event.[2]

Tapp swam in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1978 World Swimming Championships in West Berlin. He was due to swim in the heats of the 4 × 100 m medley relay but got sent home early by coach Don Talbot, who deemed that he and teammate George Nagy were under the influence of alcohol after they arrived back late to the hotel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Olympian has rich swimming bloodlines". Langley Advance. May 27, 2008.
  2. ^ "The gold Smith strikes for six". Calgary Herald. August 10, 1978.
  3. ^ "Canadians ordered home for drinking". Edmonton Journal. 28 August 1978.
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