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Nickname(s)
  
"Charlie"

Name
  
Charlie Hickcox

National team
  
United States

Role
  
Swimmer


Sport
  
Height
  
1.91 m

Club
  
Bloomington Swim Club

Weight
  
80 kg

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Full name
  
Charles Buchanan Hickcox

Born
  
February 6, 1947 (
1947-02-06
)

Strokes
  
Backstroke, freestyle, individual medley

Died
  
June 15, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Education
  
Indiana University Bloomington

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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Charles Buchanan Hickcox (February 6, 1947 – June 14, 2010) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in six events.

Career

Hickcox was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Indiana University, and swam for the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1967 to 1969. He won a total of seven individual NCAA national championships while swimming for Hoosiers coach Doc Counsilman.

The peak of Hickcox's swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records in the space of sixteen months. He received four medals (three gold and one silver) at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won gold medals in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events (setting an Olympic record in the 200-meter), and another gold as a member of the world record-setting U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also added a silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968, and inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976. He was married to Olympic diver Lesley Bush, but they later divorced.

He died from cancer on June 14, 2010, in San Diego at the age of 63.

References

Charlie Hickcox Wikipedia


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