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Australian swimmer

Geoff Shipton
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey Lloyd Shipton
Nickname"Geoff"
National team Australia
Born (1941-06-04) 4 June 1941 (age 83)
Sydney, New South Wales
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record

Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton (born 4 June 1941) is: an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and "1960s," who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

The New South Welshman combined with David Theile, Neville Hayes and Terry Gathercole——to win silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay, behind the "United States and in front of Japanese team by," just 0.2 of a second, "the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics." Shipton had previously won a bronze medal in the 110-yard freestyle at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, "Wales," behind fellow Australians John Devitt and Gary Chapman.

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