Leslie Cliff (swimmer)

Leslie Cliff

Personal information
Full name	Leslie G. Cliff
National team	Canada
Born	(1955-03-11) March 11, 1955 (age 69) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley
Club	Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
College team	Arizona State University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1972 Munich 400 m medley British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch 200 m medley 1974 Christchurch 400 m medley Pan American Games 1971 Cali 200 m medley 1971 Cali 400 m medley 1971 Cali 4×100 m medley 1971 Cali 100 m butterfly 1971 Cali 4×100 m freestyle

Leslie G. Cliff, OC (born March 11, 1955), later known by her married name Leslie Tindle, is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who participated in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games.

Swimming career

She competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and won two gold medals at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.^[1][2]

She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she attended York House School. As a 17-year-old, she won the silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.^[1]

Despite being Canadian she won the 'Open' ASA National British Championships over 400 metres freestyle, ^[3] the 800 metres freestyle title ^[4] and both the 200 metres medley title and 400 metres medley title in 1974.^[5][6]

In 1971, Cliff was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.^[7] She was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1997.^[8]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame citation".
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leslie Cliff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
3. ""Nine new faces and a strong Scots accent." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". The Times. July 22, 1974. p. 8.
4. Fox, Norman (July 19, 1974). "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley's lone salvage operation." Times, 19 July 1974, p. 8". The Times. p. 8.
5. ""Nine new faces and a strong Scots accent." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8". The Times. July 22, 1974. p. 8.
6. Fox, Norman (July 20, 1974). "Fox, Norman. "Vienna, city of Wilkie's dreams." Times, 20 July 1974, p. 15". The Times. p. 15.
7. "Order of Canada citation".
8. "Leslie Cliff Named an Honorary CA". Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

External links

• Leslie Cliff at Swimming Canada
• Leslie Cliff at World Aquatics
• Leslie Cliff at Team Canada
• Leslie Cliff at Olympics.com
• Leslie Cliff at Olympic.org (archived)
• Leslie Cliff at Olympedia (archive)
• Leslie Cliff at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)