David Hesser
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Full name | David A. Hesser | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | January 1884 | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 13, 1908 (aged 24) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||
Club | New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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David A. Hesser (January 1884 – February 13, 1908) was an American water polo player and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
At the 1904 Olympics, Hesser was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club, and was a member of the NYAC Olympic water polo team that won the gold medal in the event. He was also a member of the NYAC Olympic relay team in the men's 4x50-yard freestyle relay which finished fourth in the event final.
Hesser died in 1908, at the age of 24.[1]
References
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, David Hesser. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1908 deaths
- American male water polo players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Olympic water polo players of the United States
- Water polo players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- American water polo Olympic medalist stubs