Dave Wilson (swimmer)
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Full name | David Dennis Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Dave" | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Torrance, California |
October 5, 1960 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Cincinnati Marlins Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Dennis Wilson (born October 5, 1960) is an American former competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Wilson earned a gold medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also won a silver medal by finishing second in the final of the men's 100-meter backstroke event.[1]
David set the national high school backstroke record his junior year at Anderson High School in Cincinnati; set the national high school record his senior year (erasing the high school mark set earlier by Mark Spitz) and re-set his national high school backstroke record.
See also
References
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External links
- Dave Wilson – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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