Jeff Farrell
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| Full name | Felix Jeffery Farrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jeff" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 28, 1937 Detroit, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Barbara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Yale University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felix Jeffrey Farrell (born February 28, 1937) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple relay events.
Farrell won a gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. In 1960, six days after having an appendectomy, Farrell qualified at the U.S. Olympic Trials.[1] He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter medley relay and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[2]
Farrell is a multiple U.S. Masters Swimming world-record holder, and has held the fastest national times in his age group in dozens of events over past decades.[3] He was photographed for and featured in ESPN's "The Body" issue in 2010.[1]
Farrell was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968,[4] and the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011.[5] He is the only swimmer to be inducted in both halls.
He set world records for Masters Swimming up until 2011.[6] He has written a book about his Olympic experiences titled My Olympic Story, Rome 1960.[7]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Yale University people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ a b ESPN Magazine The Body Issue 2010 – Jeff Farrell (the17thman). The17thman.typepad.com (2010-10-07). Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
- ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
- ^ All American Listings for Jeff Farrell. Usms.org. Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
- ^ "Jeff Farrell (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ Jeff Farrell (USA). Usms.org. Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
- ^ Stories about USMS Swimmers – Jeff Farrell. Usms.org (1998-05-03). Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
- ^ Home. Vintage Team Press. Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
External links
- Jeff Farrell – Biography at VintageTeamPress.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Farrell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
- Jeff Farrell (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Swimmers from Detroit
- Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games