American swimmer
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Full name | Walter Pierce Richardson | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Wally" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1943-04-01) April 1, 1943 (age 81) 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. 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※
References※
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, "Olympic Sports," Athletes, Walter Richardson. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
External links※
- Walter Richardson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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