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{{short description|Canadian swimmer}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Phyllis Dewar
| image          = Phyliis_Dewar.png
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| fullname       = Phyllis Delma Dewar
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| national_team  = {{flag|Canada|1921}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1916|3|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1961|4|8|1916|3|5|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Canada}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games|British Empire Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 100 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 440 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 4×110 yd freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1934 British Empire Games|1934 London]] | 3×110 yd medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[1938 British Empire Games|1938 Sydney]] | 4×110 yd freestyle}}
}}

'''Phyllis Delma Dewar''' (March 5, 1916 – April 8, 1961), also known by her married name '''Phyllis Lowery''', was a Canadian competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] specialist.  At the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, Germany, she was a member of the Canadian relay team that finished fourth in the [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay]].  In the [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100-metre freestyle]], she advanced to the semifinals of the event before being eliminated.

In the 1934 [[British Empire Games]] in London, she won gold medals in the 100-yard and 440-yard freestyle events and in two relays.  Four years later, at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, she won her fifth gold medal in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay.

==Early life==
Dewar was born on March 5, 1916, in [[Moose Jaw]], [[Saskatchewan]]. She began swimming during her early childhood.<ref name=Ferguson>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Ferguson |first=Bob|title=Phyllis Dewar |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |year=2008 |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/phyllis-dewar/}}</ref>

==Career==
In the mid-1930s, Dewar was the Canadian freestyle record holder in numerous freestyle events including the 100-yard and one-mile races.<ref name=Miazga>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Stoffel |first1=Holden |last2=Zemlak |first2=Karen |editor-last=Mlazga |editor-first=Brian |title=Dewar, Phyllis |encyclopedia=Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k7ptThh_6qgC&pg=PA29 |year=2007 |publisher=University of Regina |isbn=9780889771673 |page=29}}</ref> In international competitions, she won four gold medals at the [[1934 British Empire Games]] and her final gold at the [[1938 British Empire Games]].<ref name=rosenfeld>{{cite web |title=Winners: Phyllis Dewar, Swimming |url=http://www.conacher-rosenfeld.ca/les_gagnants-winners/rosenfeld/phyllis_dewar-eng.html |website=Greatest Sporting Moments |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> She also competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] but did not medal. After ending her swimming career in the late 1930s, Dewar served in the [[Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service]].<ref name=canadahof/>

==Awards and honors==
In 1934, Dewar was the recipient of both the [[Bobbie Rosenfeld Award]]<ref name=rosenfeld/> and [[Velma Springstead Trophy]] as the best Canadian female athlete of that year.<ref name=Miazga/> Dewar was posthumously inducted into the [[Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Phyllis Dewar |url=http://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/phyllis-dewar/|website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> Other posthumous inductions include [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1971<ref name=canadahof>{{cite web|title=PHYLLIS DEWAR|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=49|website=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> and the [[Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame|url=https://olympic.ca/canadian-olympic-hall-of-fame/|website=Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref>

==Death==
Dewar died on April 8, 1961, in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=Miazga/>

==Personal life==
Dewar was married with four children.<ref name=Ferguson/>

==References==
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* {{cite web|title=Phyllis Dewar|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/phyllis-dewar-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/phyllis-dewar-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|publisher=sports-reference}}
* {{cite web|url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/dewar_phyllis_1916-61.html|title=Dewar, Phyllis (1916–61)}} with picture

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 100m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 400m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}
{{Bobbie Rosenfeld Award}}

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[[Category:1916 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Moose Jaw]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen]]