Dick Hanley (swimmer)
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Hanley at Michigan in 1957.
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Full name | Richard Dennis Hanley | ||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Dick" | ||||||||||||
National team | ![]() |
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Born | Evanston, Illinois |
February 19, 1936 ||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||
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Richard Dennis Hanley (born February 19, 1936) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he received a silver medal for swimming the lead-off leg for the runner-up U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Hanley attended the University of Michigan, where he was a varsity swimmer for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1957 to 1959.[1] He was a member of the Michigan Wolverines' NCAA national championship teams in the 400-yard medley relay in 1957 and 1959 and the 400-yard freestyle relay in 1959, and he also won an individual NCAA national championship in the 200-yard freestyle in 1959.[1][2]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ↑ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
External links
- Dick Hanley – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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- American male freestyle swimmers
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- Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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