fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
patricia e. thompson hamilton aquatic club hamilton , ontario 52 kg lb on 1.56 m ftin on 5 december 1945 patty thompson -lrb- swimmer -rrb-
 freestyle patty thompson `` patty ''
patty thompson -lrb- swimmer -rrb-

patricia e. thompson -lrb- born december 5 , 1945 -rrb- , later known by her married name patty bogumil , is a canadian former freestyle swimmer .
she was a member of the canadian freestyle and medley teams that won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1962 british empire and commonwealth games .
thompson competed at the 1964 olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay events , and finished in seventh place in the relay .
her father james was an olympic medallist in swimming and a well-known canadian coach .
in 1963 , patty started assisting him at hamilton aquatic club , and after his death in 1966 became the head coach until 1967 .
she later coached swimming at hamilton ywca , etobicoke memorial swimming club , burlington sea cadets , alderwood swim club and the alderwood teddy bares .
in 1969 , thompson turned professional and won all her marathon competitions : the 16 km -lrb- 10 mile -rrb- hamilton marathon , 27 km -lrb- 17 mile -rrb- rhode island marathon , 19 km -lrb- 12 mile -rrb- man and his world marathon and 24-hour swim in santa fe , argentina .
the same year she was named world women 's professional marathon swimming champion , ahead of judith de nijs , and inducted to the international marathon swimming hall of fame .
in 1991 , aged 45 , thompson became the oldest woman to swim cross lake ontario .
she did so within 19 hours and 18 minutes .
she retired from swimming in 1996 , and worked as a real estate law clerk for a toronto law firm .
she is married to richard bogumil .
in 2002 she was inducted to the ontario aquatic hall of fame .
