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Michael Withers (born 1 February 1938) is an Australian water polo player who competed at three Olympic Games.
He competed at the 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and 1972 Munich Olympics as a goalkeeper. In 2011, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame.
In 1962 he won the 110 yard breaststroke event at the Victorian state swimming championships.
See also
- Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Withers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- "Heather Rice Scores Clean Sweep with Four Freestyle Wins". The Age. 22 January 1962. p. 18.
External links
- Michael Withers at Olympics.com
- Michael Withers at Olympedia
- Michael Withers at the Australian Olympic Committee
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- 1938 births
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- Australian male water polo players
- Water polo goalkeepers
- Olympic water polo players for Australia
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Australian male breaststroke swimmers
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
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