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University of Victoria.
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Pamela Rai
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From 1984 to 1987 Rai swam for the University of Victoria, where she dominated Canadian university women"s swimming. She is high school special education and social justice teacher.
Achievements
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Rai won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay, with teammates Anne Ottenbrite, Reema Abdo and Michelle MacPherson. Other notable awards include University of Victoria Athlete of the Year, City of Victoria Athlete of the Year, Hapoel Games silver, Pan American Games silver, and Commonwealth Games gold medals. She graduated with a degree in Sociology and went on to attain an education degree from the University of British Columbia. Rai is the very first woman of Indian ancestry in the world, and the first Indo-Canadian to win an Olympic medal.
Membership
Rai represented Canada as a youth from 1976 to 1979 and was a member of Canada"s national swim team from 1980 to 1987. She is a member of the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, the Swim British Columbia Hall of Fame, and the University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. Rai"s father, Harinder Jit Singh Rai, was a member of the Canadian national field hockey team which qualified for the 1964 Olympic Games.
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