William Victor Mahony is a former breaststroke swimmer who represented Canada in multiple international championships from 1966 to 1974, including two Summer Olympics, the Pan American Games, and two Commonwealth Games.
Education
He attended the University of Michigan, where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Big Ten Conference competition from 1969 to 1971.
Career
In Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics, he competed in the semifinals of the 100-metre breaststroke, the preliminary heats of the 200-metre breaststroke, and the finals of the men"s 4x100-metre medley relay. He received All-American honours during each of his three varsity seasons as a college swimmer in the States. From 1977 to 1987 he developed the Adapted Aquatics program at Variety"s Treatment Centre in Surrey, British Columbia, and helped to form the British Columbia Branch of the Cerebral Palsy Sports Association.
Later, while coaching parapalegic and blind swimmers, he was selected to coach the Canadian swimmers at the 1980 Olympics for the Disabled in the Netherlands.
He was awarded Athlete of the Year in New Westminster, and inducted into the British Columbia Swimming Hall of Fame, Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame, and British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.
Membership
In Cali, Colombia for the 1971 Pan American Games, Mahony earned a silver medal as a member of Canada"s 4x100-metre medley relay team