Gregory "Greg" Brough (born 26 March 1951 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland

Surfers Paradise, Queensland

Surfers Paradise is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 18,501....

) was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

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In Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Brough finished behind the United States

United States

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 world record holder Mike Burton and his teammate John Kinsella

John Kinsella (swimmer)

John Pitann Kinsella was a standout at Illinois swimming powerhouse Hinsdale Central High School in the late 1960s. As a 16 year-old, he was the silver medalist in the 1500 meter freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics, finishing second to U.S. teammate Mike Burton.Kinsella was a member of the gold...

. He also finished fourth in the 400 m, also won by Burton. At the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Brough won a bronze in the 400 m behind fellow Australian Graham White

Graham White

Graham Ross White OAM was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics....

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