title: Donald Shanks (swimmer)
text: # Donald Shanks (swimmer)
  
  Donald Joseph Shanks (3 October 1922 – 4 October 1978) was a Bermudian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Shanks served in the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers and the Royal Air Force as a wireless operator during the Second World War. He was awarded the Defence Medal for his service. Shanks died of cancer in 1978.
  
  