Aldy Meinhardt
Aldwin Walter Meinhardt is a Canadian former swimmer of the 1960s who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly. He was a Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games medalist. Meinhardt, who is of Austrian descent, swam for the Vancouver Amateur Swim Club and was an All-American on the University of Washington swim team. He was the first Canadian to swim the 100 metre butterfly in under one minute and was also a national record holder in freestyle. In 1964 he briefly held Canada's 100 yard freestyle and 200 yard butterfly records, only to have them both bettered by Daniel Sherry later in the same competition. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian people of Austrian descent Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games Washington Huskies men's swimmers