Walter Richardson (swimmer)
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| Full name | Walter Pierce Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Wally" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1, 1943 Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Gopher Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
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Walter Pierce Richardson (born April 1, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder. Richardson competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he swam the butterfly leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay.[1] He did not receive a medal because only those swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the 1964 Olympic rules.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Walter Richardson. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Walter Richardson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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