Graeme Brewer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
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Place of Birth: New South Wales, Australia
About Graeme Brewer
- Graeme Thomas Brewer (born 1 December 1958) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s who won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- In all he won 13 Australian titles.A native of New South Wales, Brewer attended Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1976.
- He first gained attention in the surf lifesaving world when he won consecutive Australian junior ironman championships in 1976 and 1977, competing for the Tamarama club from Sydney's eastern suburbs.
- Switching to competition in the pool, Brewer gained prominence at Canada's 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, winning a silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle and one of each colour in the three relays. In Moscow, Brewer claimed a bronze medal behind the Soviet Union pair of Sergey Kopliakov and Andrei Krylov.
- He came eighth in the 100-metre freestyle and seventh in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay along with Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry and Neil Brooks.
- He narrowly missed the final of the 400-metre freestyle. Brewer was best known for being a member of the so-called "Mean Machine" competing at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, when he combined with Neil Brooks, Greg Fasala and Michael Delany to claim gold in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, gaining their nickname after collectively shaving their heads for the race.
- He also won a gold in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.
- He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, coming fourth.
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