fullname birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
geoffrey lloyd shipton sydney , new south wales 73 kg lb on 1.85 m ftin on 4 june 1941 geoff shipton
 freestyle geoff shipton `` geoff ''
geoff shipton

geoffrey lloyd shipton -lrb- born 4 june 1941 -rrb- is an australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s , who won a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay at the 1960 summer olympics in rome .
the new south welshman combined with david theile , neville hayes and terry gathercole to win silver in the 4x100-metre medley relay , behind the united states and in front of japanese team by just 0.2 of a second , the first time this event had been contested at the olympics .
shipton had previously won bronze in the 110-yard freestyle at the 1958 british empire and commonwealth games in cardiff , wales , behind fellow australians john devitt and gary chapman .
