Dave Fairbank
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | David William Fairbank |
Nickname | "Dave" |
National team | United States |
Born | Sacramento, California | December 19, 1954
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Arden Hills Swim Club |
College team | Stanford University |
David William Fairbank (born December 19, 1954) is an American former swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Fairbank represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He swam for the winning U.S. teams in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal for either event.[1] Under the Olympic rules in effect in 1972, swimmers who competed in the qualifying heats, but not the final of relay events, were not eligible to receive a medal.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, David Fairbank. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
- Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- American swimming biography stubs