Mary Stewart (swimmer)

Canadian swimmer

Mary Stewart

Personal information

Full name| Mary Pauline Stewart
National team| Canada
Born|  (1945-12-08) December 8, 1945 (age 78)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Height| 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight| 44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Butterfly, freestyle

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
|  1963 São Paulo | 100 m freestyle
|  1963 São Paulo | 100 m butterfly
|  1963 São Paulo | 4x100 m freestyle
|  1963 São Paulo | 4x100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
|  1962 Perth | 100 m butterfly

Mary Pauline Stewart (born December 8, 1945), also known by her married name Mary Stewart McIlwaine, is a Canadian former competitive swimmer.

## Swimming career

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Stewart twice broke the world record in the women's 100-metre butterfly in the early 1960s. Stewart also competed in freestyle events as a member of the Canadian national team in major international championships.

As a 14-year-old, she represented Canada in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she finished eighth in the women's 100-metre freestyle, and also competed in the preliminary hears of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay event. Two years later at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, she won the gold medal in the women's 100-metre butterfly. At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, Stewart enjoyed a four-medal performance, garnering silver medals for her second-place performances in the 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and the 4x100-metre medley relay.

Despite being of Canadian nationality, she won the ASA National British Championships over 110 yards butterfly 1963.[1]

In her final international appearance at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished eighth in the 100-metre butterfly, and also competed as a member of the Canadian teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay events.

## Personal life

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She is the sister of Helen Stewart.

## See also

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* World record progression 100 metres butterfly

## References

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1. ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "World's Fastest Can Swim Faster Still." Times, 2 Sept. 1963, p. 3". The Times. 2 September 1963. p. 3.

## External links

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* Mary Stewart at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
* Canadian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
* BC Sports Hall of Fame
* Mary Beth Stewart Mcllwaine at Canadian Olympic Committee

Records

Preceded by

Janice Andrew

|  Women's 100-metre butterfly
world record-holder (long course)
August 12, 1961 - August 12, 1961  | Succeeded by

Susan Doerr

Preceded by

Susan Doerr

|  Women's 100-metre butterfly
world record-holder (long course)
July 28, 1962 - August 16, 1963  | Succeeded by

Kathy Ellis

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Commonwealth champions in women's 100 m butterfly

* 1958 – 1966: 110 Yards Butterfly
* 1970 – present: 100 Metres Butterfly

* 1958:  Beverley Bainbridge (AUS)
* 1962:  Mary Stewart (CAN)
* 1966:  Elaine Tanner (CAN)
* 1970:  Diane Lansley (ENG)
* 1974:  Patti Stenhouse (CAN)
* 1978:  Wendy Quirk (CAN)
* 1982:  Lisa Curry (AUS)
* 1986:  Caroline Cooper (ENG)
* 1990:  Lisa Curry-Kenny (AUS)
* 1994:  Petria Thomas (AUS)
* 1998:  Petria Thomas (AUS)
* 2002:  Petria Thomas (AUS)
* 2006:  Jessicah Schipper (AUS)
* 2010:  Alicia Coutts (AUS)
* 2014:  Katerine Savard (CAN)
* 2018:  Emma McKeon (AUS)
* 2022:  Maggie Mac Neil (CAN)

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Bobbie Rosenfeld Award

1932–1950|

* Hilda Strike (1932)
* Ada Mackenzie (1933)
* Phyllis Dewar (1934)
* Aileen Meagher (1935)
* Betty Taylor (1936)
* Robina Higgins (1937)
* Noel MacDonald (1938)
* Mary Rose Thacker (1939)
* Dorothy Walton (1940)
* Mary Rose Thacker (1941)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1946)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1947)
* Barbara Ann Scott (1948)
* Irene Strong (1949)
* Bobbie Rosenfeld (1950)

1952–1975|

* Marlene Streit (1952)
* Marlene Streit (1953)
* Marilyn Bell (1954)
* Marilyn Bell (1955)
* Marlene Streit (1956)
* Marlene Streit (1957)
* Lucile Wheeler (1958)
* Anne Heggtveit (1959)
* Anne Heggtveit (1960)
* Mary Stewart (1961)
* Mary Stewart (1962)
* Marlene Streit (1963)
* Petra Burka (1964)
* Petra Burka (1965)
* Elaine Tanner (1966)
* Nancy Greene (1967)
* Nancy Greene (1968)
* Beverly Boys (1969)
* Beverly Boys (1970)
* Debbie Van Kiekebelt / Debbie Brill (1971)
* Jocelyne Bourassa (1972)
* Karen Magnussen (1973)
* Wendy Cook (1974)
* Nancy Garapick (1975)

1976–2000|

* Kathy Kreiner (1976)
* Cindy Nicholas (1977)
* Diane Jones-Konihowski (1978)
* Sandra Post (1979)
* Sandra Post (1980)
* Tracey Wainman (1981)
* Gerry Sorensen (1982)
* Carling Bassett (1983)
* Sylvie Bernier (1984)
* Carling Bassett (1985)
* Laurie Graham (1986)
* Carolyn Waldo (1987)
* Carolyn Waldo (1988)
* Helen Kelesi (1989)
* Helen Kelesi (1990)
* Silken Laumann (1991)
* Silken Laumann (1992)
* Kate Pace (1993)
* Myriam Bédard (1994)
* Susan Auch (1995)
* Alison Sydor (1996)
* Lorie Kane (1997)
* Catriona Le May Doan (1998)
* Nancy Greene (1999)
* Lorie Kane (2000)

2001–present|

* Catriona Le May Doan (2001)
* Catriona Le May Doan (2002)
* Perdita Felicien (2003)
* Lori-Ann Muenzer (2004)
* Cindy Klassen (2005)
* Cindy Klassen (2006)
* Hayley Wickenheiser (2007)
* Chantal Petitclerc (2008)
* Aleksandra Wozniak (2009)
* Joannie Rochette (2010)
* Jennifer Heil (2011)
* Christine Sinclair (2012)
* Eugenie Bouchard (2013)
* Eugenie Bouchard (2014)
* Brooke Henderson (2015)
* Penny Oleksiak (2016)
* Brooke Henderson (2017)
* Brooke Henderson (2018)
* Bianca Andreescu (2019)
* Christine Sinclair (2020)
* Leylah Fernandez (2021)
* Marie-Philip Poulin (2022)
* Summer McIntosh (2023)

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* Netherlands
* Israel

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