Bill Sawchuk
- January 8, 2024
- Swimmer
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Bill Sawchuk Biography
| Name | Bill Sawchuk |
| Birthday | Jan 8 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place Of Birth | Roblin |
| Home Town | Manitoba |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Bill Sawchuk is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on January 8, 1959 in Roblin, Manitoba, Canada. William M. Sawchuk (born on the 8th of January 1959) is a Canadian former swimming champion who competed in freestyle, butterfly and medley events in the 1970s and into the early 1980s.
Sawchuk was awarded an athletic scholarship to study at an athletic scholarship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of Coach Randy Reese’s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition in 1979, as well as in 1982 and 1981. In his three seasons as a Gator Sawchuk was recognized for being one of the SEC Male Swimmer of the Year for 1979 and also earned six All-American awards. In 1981, at the NCAA Swimming Championships, Sawchuk along and Gator teammates John Hillencamp, Geoff Gaberino and David Larson, won the national championship in the freestyle relay, which was 800 yards long.
After his freshman year, Sawchuk turned in a five-medal performance during the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, winning three silver medals in the 400-metre single freestyle relay, 4×100 metres and 4×100-metre Medley relay and two bronze awards in the 200-metre butterfly as well as the four-way freestyle relay of 4×200 metres. After that, he resigned from his position at the University of Florida to train in full-time to prepare for at the time of the Olympics. Sawchuk was selected to be a member of the Canadian Olympic team, but was not able to participate in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Moscow at the time that Canada joined the US-led boycott against the Soviet Union’s military invasion of Afghanistan.
Bill Sawchuk Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Bill Sawchuk is one of the richest Swimmer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill Sawchuk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
When he made his international debut as young as a 16 year old in the 1974 Pan American Games in Mexico City in Mexico City, he was awarded the bronze medal with his third-place finishing in the 200-metre single Medley. He took part in Canada in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where was a participant in the preliminary heats for the 200 and 400-metre freestyle events as well as the individual medley of 400 metres, as well as the freestyle relay 4×200 metres.
In 1978, at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Sawchuk led the three Canadian relay teams to gold medals in the 4×100-metre freestyle event and the 4×100-metre medley event as well as a silver medal in the freestyle 4×200 metres. In competition for his own Sawchuk also took home 2 silvers for the 100-metre freestyle event and 200-metre individual individual medley. two bronze medals for the 100-metre butterfly as well as the 400-metre individual medley, in total, seven medals.
Sawchuk returned to the University of Florida after the 1980 Olympics, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science in 1984.
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Bill Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Bill Sawchuk celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.