A few months after Canadian women’s swimming had one of its best weeks ever at the Olympic Games in Rio, the country will commemorate the 50th anniversary of another. While 2016’s rally was spearheaded by 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak, 1966 was the year of 15-year old Elaine “Mighty Mouse” Tanner.
Tanner won seven medals, four of them gold, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, that year. The British Commonwealth still followed the imperial measurement system at the time, so her golds came in the 110-yard butterfly, 220-yard butterfly, 440-yard IM and 440-yard free relay. For those efforts, Tanner was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as the country’s top athlete, the youngest-ever recipient of the award and, at the time, only the fifth swimmer. (Graham Smith and Mark Tewksbury have won since.)
After her exploits at the Commonwealth Games, Tanner went on to sweep the backstroke events at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg a year later, and she also won three silver medals at that meet. Her career ended after the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where Tanner won silver medals in the 100 and 200 back and helped Canada earn a bronze in the women’s 400 free relay. Those medals were the first Canada had ever won in women’s swimming.
Canada won its first women’s gold medal in swimming in 1984 when Anne Ottenbrite finished first in the 200 breast in Los Angeles, but prior to the Rio Games, Canadian women had not won a medal in swimming since 1996.
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