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Winnipeg’s Jaring Timmerman, swimming world record holder, dies at 105
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Winnipeg centenarian and swimming world record holder Jaring Timmerman has died at age 105.
Timmerman died early Wednesday at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg.
“What an amazing man,” his daughter, Donna Klassen, said.
“He thrilled many people and his family.
We will miss him greatly, but we have wonderful memories.”
Earlier this year Timmerman, just a few weeks shy of his 105th birthday, set Masters World Records in both the 50-metre freestyle and 50-metre backstroke events.
The times were 2:52.48 and 3:09.55 respectively.
Klassen said her dad’s record quest in January was his final time in a pool.
“He felt he pushed his heart so hard he might have overdid it,” she s