Rod Strachan
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| Full name | Rodney Strachan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Rod" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 16, 1955 Santa Monica, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fullerton Area Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he received a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event.[1] He received a silver medal in the same event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.
Strachan held the long course world record in the 400-meter individual medley (4:23.68) from July 1976 to August 1978.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
References
- ^ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
External links
- Rod Strachan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
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- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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