Full name Richard Adolph Blick Name Dick Blick Education North Central College Nickname(s) "Dick" Role Olympic athlete Strokes Freestyle swimming | National team United States Height 1.96 m Sport Swimming Weight 87 kg | |
Born July 29, 1940 (age 83) ( 1940-07-29 ) Los Angeles, California Club North Central Swim Club | ||
College team North Central College | ||
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.
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