Sharon Hambrook

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Personal information
Born	(1963-03-28) March 28, 1963 (age 61) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Synchronized swimming
Club	Calgary Aquabelles
Coach	Debbie Muir
Medal record Synchronized swimming Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Women's duet World Aquatics Championships 1982 Guayaquil Women's duet 1982 Guayaquil Women's team Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Women's solo
Updated on 14 February 2015

Sharon Hambrook (born March 28, 1963) is a Canadian former world champion and Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming.^[1]

Career

Hambrook trained with the Calgary Aquabelles.^[2] She won a gold medal with her partner Kelly Kryczka in the women's duet at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil as well as a gold medal in the team event.^[3] She received a silver medal in the women's solo at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas.^[4] Her most notable success was a silver medal in the women's duet with Kelly Kryczka at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,^[5][6] the first year that the sport was recognized by the Olympics.

Honours

Sharon Hambrook was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1996,^[7] and was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.^[8]

References

1. "Sharon Hambrook Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. "The Aquabelles celebrate 50 years of synchro-sisterhood | Metro Calgary". metronews.ca. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
3. "World Swimming Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
4. Olderr, Steven (14 September 2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue (in Spanish). McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
5. "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Synchronized Swimming" Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
6. Galford, Ellen (18 November 2015). XXIII Olympiad: Los Angeles 1984, Calgary 1988. Warwick Press Inc. ISBN 9781987944204. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
7. "Sharon Hambrook". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
8. "Hambrook, Sharon". ashfm.ca. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

External links

• Sharon Hambrook at World Aquatics
• Sharon Hambrook at Team Canada
• Sharon Hambrook at Olympics.com
• Sharon Hambrook at Olympedia (archive)
• Alberta Sports Hall of Fame