sport.wikisort.org - AthleteGeorge Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.[2] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.[3]
American swimmer
George Harrison
 Harrison in 1960 |
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Full name | George Prifold Harrison |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1939-04-09)April 9, 1939 Berkeley, California, U.S.[1] |
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Died | 3 October 2011(2011-10-03) (aged 72) |
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Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Club | Santa Clara Swim Club |
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College team | Stanford University |
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Individually Harrison won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games. He also held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956 to July 19, 1958, and the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24, 1960 to July 22, 1960.
Harrison studied at Acalanes High School, and in 1965 graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was later inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame. He spent most of his career with Lee & Associates at Pleasanton, California, working in investment and industrial brokerage.[1] At the time of his death, from complications during surgery, he lived in Moraga, California. He was survived by his wife of 50 years, Susan, daughters Karen and Kristen, son Michael, daughter-in-law Karen, and granddaughters Brittany and Elsie. He also had a brother Robert.[4]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- World record progression 200 metres individual medley
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
External links
1960 USA Olympic swimming team |
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1908:
John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor (GBR)
- 1912:
Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
- 1920:
Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
- 1924:
Johnny Weissmuller, Wally O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer (USA)
- 1928:
Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac (USA)
- 1932:
Masanori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN)
- 1936:
Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948:
Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf, Bill Smith (USA)
- 1952:
Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane (USA)
- 1956:
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS)
- 1960:
George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell (USA)
- 1964:
Don Schollander, Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman (USA)
- 1968:
Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych (USA)
- 1972:
Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter (USA)
- 1976:
Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1980:
Sergey Koplyakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov (URS)
- 1984:
Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes (USA)
- 1988:
Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev, Yury Mukhin (EUN)
- 1996:
Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen (USA)
- 2000:
Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2004:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Dan Ketchum, Scott Goldblatt (USA)
- 2008:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters, Erik Vendt, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2012:
Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps, Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean, Davis Tarwater (USA)
- 2016:
Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz (USA)
- 2020:
Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)
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NCAA Champions in Men's 200 y Individual Medley |
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На других языках
- [en] George Harrison (swimmer)
[fr] George Harrison (natation)
George Harrison (né le 9 avril 1939 et décédé le 3 octobre 2011) est un nageur américain. Lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1960 disputés à Rome, il remporte une médaille d'or au relais 4 x 200 m nage libre, battant au passage le record du monde. Il a battu deux records du monde durant sa carrière, au 400 mètres quatre nages en 1960.
[it] George Harrison (nuotatore)
George Prifold Harrison (Berkeley, 9 aprile 1939 – 3 ottobre 2011) è stato un nuotatore statunitense.
[ru] Харрисон, Джордж (пловец)
Джордж Прифолд Харрисон (англ. George Prifold Harrison, 9 апреля 1939 (1939-04-09), Беркли, штат Калифорния, США — 3 октября 2011) — американский пловец, чемпион Олимпийских игр в Риме (1960).
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