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Burt Kanner (born 1939) is an American former swimmer, swimming coach, and author.

He was a member of the US swim team at the 1961 Maccabiah Games and helped win a gold medal as part of the 800-meter freestyle relay. In 1974, he set seven American Masters National records.

Kanner would go on to coach the swim team at San Marino High School for 18 years, during which the team was awarded eight CIF Championships. In 1991, Kanner was awarded California Coaches Association High School Boys Swimming Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

He published Don Gambril: A Coach with a Heart in 2022, a biography about the U.S. swim coach for the 1984 Summer Olympics.