George Harrison (swimmer)
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| Full name | George Prifold Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
April 9, 1939 Berkeley, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.[1] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.[2]
He received a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.
Harrison held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956 to July 19, 1958. He held the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24, 1960 to July 22, 1960.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- World record progression 200 metres individual medley
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ George Harrison's obituary
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
External links
- George Harrison – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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