Edward Stickles

Edward Stickles
Personal information
Full name Edward Arnold Stickles
Nickname(s) "Ted"
Nationality American
Born (1942-04-07) April 7, 1942
San Francisco, California
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley swimming
College team Indiana University

Edward Arnold "Ted" Stickles (born April 7, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder.

Stickles swam with Doc Councilman's Indiana University swim team from 1962 to 1965. At one point during his career, he and his roommate, Hall of Famer Chet Jastremski, held a total of seven world records. He broke a total of nine world records in the individual medley in the early 1960s.

His sister, Terri Stickles, was an Olympic swimmer. Stickles developed tendinitis in his elbow and missed making the 1964 Olympic team. They would have been the first brother and sister to make an Olympic team.

Stickles was the swimming coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini swimming team of the University of Illinois and LSU Tigers swimming and diving team at Louisiana State University. He now resides in Louisiana.

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995. He was inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1998.

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Records
Preceded by
Dennis Rounsaville
Men's 400-meter individual medley
world record-holder (long course)

July 1, 1961 May 24, 1962
Succeeded by
Gerhard Hetz
Preceded by
Gerhard Hetz
Men's 400-meter individual medley
world record-holder (long course)

June 30, 1962 October 12, 1963
Succeeded by
Gerhard Hetz
Preceded by
John McGill
Men's 200-meter individual medley
world record-holder (long course)

July 23, 1960 August 19, 1961
Succeeded by
Dick Roth
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