Personal information | |
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Full name | Donald Joseph Shanks |
Born | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. | 3 October 1922
Died | 4 October 1978 Smith's Parish, Bermuda | (aged 56)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Donald Joseph Shanks (3 October 1922 – 4 October 1978) was a Bermudian swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
Shanks served in the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers and the Royal Air Force as a wireless operator during the Second World War.[1] He was awarded the Defence Medal for his service.[1] Shanks died of cancer in 1978.[1]