Michael Withers (water polo)

Michael Withers
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Born (1938-02-01) 1 February 1938 (age 86)

Michael Withers (born 1 February 1938) is an Australian water polo player who competed at three Olympic Games.[1]

He competed at the 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and 1972 Munich Olympics as a goalkeeper. In 2011, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame.[2]

In 1962 he won the 110 yard breaststroke event at the Victorian state swimming championships.[3]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Withers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Heather Rice Scores Clean Sweep with Four Freestyle Wins". The Age. 22 January 1962. p. 18.