Elaine Tanner
Tanner competed for Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. She won two individual silver medals and one relay bronze medal broke the Olympic record in the preliminary no one beat her. Sadly prior political sports interference she would not allowed her long time successful coach Howard Forbey to go the the most important event of her life the Olympics WHY? A rookie new coach told her to change her rare strategy elaine being a blind obedient soldier changed to started slow compared to her always blast off start to finish she lost her first race to a rival that never beat her ever prior by a hand touch. Elaine was the overwhelming favorite she felt she let Canada down as she was touted Canada's only Gold medal. Headlines read Tanner Loses Gold rather than being the first women in Canada to win at the Olympics in swimming actually 3 medals total a first ever. No parades brutal negative press sports authorities threw her under the Bus 17 year young old teenager. She suffered from depression and retired from competition after the 1968 Olympics at 18 years of age.