Daniel Lee Harrigan (born October 29, 1955) is an American former backstroke swimmer. At the 1975 Pan American Games he won the 200 m backstroke event, but also contracted hepatitis and had to stop training for several months. He managed to recover by the 1976 Olympics and won there a bronze medal in the same event.[1][2]
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Full name | Daniel Lee Harrigan | ||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Dan" | ||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-10-29) October 29, 1955 (age 66) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Michiana Marlins | ||||||||||||||||
College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||||
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Harrigan studied architecture at North Carolina State University,[1] where he swam for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) competition from 1973 to 1976.
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Pan American Champions in Men's 200 m backstroke | |
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