{"id":17884,"date":"2011-09-18T22:14:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T02:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/tom-ponting-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:56:10","slug":"tom-ponting","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/tom-ponting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ponting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u2019est \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1984-los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles 1984<\/a> o\u00f9 le sp\u00e9cialiste canadien du style papillon Tom Ponting a remport\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille olympique (l\u2019argent au relais 4&#215;100 m quatre nages), avec <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/victor-davis\/\">Victor Davis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/donald-sandy-goss\/\">Sandy Goss<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/mike-west\/\">Mike West<\/a>. Il a aussi disput\u00e9 la finale du 200 m papillon, terminant sixi\u00e8me, et a pris le neuvi\u00e8me rang au 100 m papillon. \u00c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1988-seoul\/\">S\u00e9oul 1988<\/a>, Ponting a remport\u00e9 sa deuxi\u00e8me m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent olympique au relais 4&#215;100 m quatre nages avec Davis, Goss et <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/mark-tewksbury\/\">Mark Tewksbury<\/a>. Il a aussi disput\u00e9 les deux finales du style papillon, prenant le septi\u00e8me rang au 100 m et le quatri\u00e8me rang sur 200 m. \u00c0 sa derni\u00e8re pr\u00e9sence aux Jeux et ultime ann\u00e9e de comp\u00e9tition, soit \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1992-barcelona\/\">Barcelone 1992<\/a>, Ponting a nag\u00e9 dans les vagues du matin au relais 4&#215;100 m quatre nages avec Tewksbury, <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/jon-cleveland\/\">Jon Cleveland<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/stephen-clarke\/\">Stephen Clarke<\/a>, et <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/marcel-gery\/\">Marcel Gery<\/a> l\u2019a remplac\u00e9 en finale pour remporter la m\u00e9daille de bronze. Individuellement, il a fini 16e au 100 m papillon et 13e au 200 m papillon. Ponting est le seul nageur canadien \u00e0 avoir remport\u00e9 trois m\u00e9dailles olympiques \u00e0 trois Jeux diff\u00e9rents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En plus de ses m\u00e9dailles olympiques, Ponting est un sextuple m\u00e9daill\u00e9 des Jeux du Commonwealth, remportant sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille internationale en 1982 (100 m papillon). Dans les deux Jeux du Commonwealth suivants, il a gagn\u00e9 cinq autres m\u00e9dailles, dont l\u2019or au relais 4&#215;100 m (1986 et 1990). Aux Jeux panpacifiques de 1987 et de 1991, Ponting a remport\u00e9 trois m\u00e9dailles d\u2019argent et une de bronze, et aux Universiades d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 de 1983, il a mis la main sur l\u2019argent au relais 4&#215;100 m quatre nages et le bronze au 100 m papillon. Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re, il a gagn\u00e9 33 titres nationaux et \u00e9tabli trois records du monde (100 m papillon en 1989 et au relais 4&#215;100 m quatre nages en 1991 et 1992). Ponting a remport\u00e9 deux fois le titre du classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la Coupe du monde du style papillon de la FINA (1989 et 1992) et a fini deuxi\u00e8me en 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ponting a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 nager avec les Torpedoes de North York avant de se joindre au Club de natation de Thornhill, o\u00f9 il a nag\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce qu\u2019il entre au Club de natation de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Calgary en 1979 sous les ordres de Deryk Snelling. Il y a plus tard \u00e9tudi\u00e9 le commerce international. Il a battu les records canadien et mondial au 100 m papillon (52.62 secondes) aux Championnats de natation du Sport interuniversitaire canadien (SIC, aujourd\u2019hui U Sports). Il a pris sa retraite en 1993 et est devenu entra\u00eeneur au Canada. Son fils Mackenzie a \u00e9t\u00e9 un nageur d\u2019\u00e9lite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ponting a re\u00e7u le prix du Gouvernement du Canada quatre fois, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 athl\u00e8te de l\u2019ann\u00e9e de la ville de Calgary en 1985 et athl\u00e8te de l\u2019ann\u00e9e de Natation Canada en 1989. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l\u2019Alberta en 1996 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1998.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est \u00e0 Los Angeles 1984 o\u00f9 le sp\u00e9cialiste canadien du style papillon Tom Ponting a remport\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille olympique&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":144328,"template":"","tags":[415983920,415984557,6021597,9949311,18170872,14120],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162666],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[763074],"game":[181821886,2200323,9095230],"team":[415983213,415983211,415983212],"event":[181822167,181822170,181823392],"province":[],"class_list":["post-17884","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-1988-seoul","tag-barcelone-1992","tag-los-angeles-1984","tag-medaille-dargent","tag-medaille-de-bronze","tag-swimming","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162666","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-sports-aquatiques-natation","game-1992-barcelona","game-1984-los-angeles","game-1988-seoul","team-barcelone-1992-natation","team-los-angeles-1984-natation","team-seoul-1988-natation","event-brasse-100-m-hommes","event-brasse-200-m-hommes","event-relais-quatre-nages-4-x-100-m-hommes"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/tom-ponting-feature-e1547564012110.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["1988 Seoul","Barcelone 1992","Los Angeles 1984","M\u00e9daille d'Argent","M\u00e9daille de Bronze","swimming"],"sport_names":[],"game_names":["Barcelone 1992","Los Angeles 1984","S\u00e9oul 1988"],"season_names":["\u00c9t\u00e9"],"team_names":["Barcelone 1992 Natation","Los Angeles 1984 Natation","S\u00e9oul 1988 Natation"],"province_names":[],"social_facebook":"","social_twitter":"","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"","social_website":"","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"2","total_medal_count_bronze":"1","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/tom-ponting-headshot-e1547563985379.jpg?quality=100","athlete_height":"","athlete_weight":"","athlete_hometown":"","athlete_birthplace":"Montr\u00e9al, Quebec","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"January 28, 1965","athlete_age":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/17884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/athletes"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/17884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194822,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/17884\/revisions\/194822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=17884"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=17884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}