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Dick Blick (swimmer)

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Dick Blick
Personal information
Full nameRichard Adolph Blick
Nickname"Dick"
National teamUnited States
Born (1940-07-29) July 29, 1940 (age 84)
Los Angeles, California
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight192 lb (87 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNorth Central Swim Club
College teamNorth Central College
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 4x200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago 4x200m freestyle

Richard Adolph Blick (born July 29, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He competed in North Central College Swim Club. He later competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Blick taught math and physical education for a number of years at Lynbrook High School in Cupertino California and in Kingsburg, California; he is now retired with his wife, Shirley, in San Jose, California.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
  • Dick Blick – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com


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