Nickname(s) "Dick," "Spoofy" Name Dick Cleveland National team United States Role Olympic athlete | Sport Swimming Education Ohio State University Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
Full name Richard Fitch Cleveland Born September 21, 1929 ( 1929-09-21 ) Honolulu, Hawaii Died July 27, 2002, Kailua, Hawaii, United States | ||
College team Ohio State University | ||
Richard Fitch Cleveland (September 21, 1929 – July 27, 2002) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Pan American Games champion, and former world record-holder.
Cleveland enrolled at Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.
At the 1951 Pan American Games in Bueonos Aires, Argentina, he won gold medals in the men's 3×100-meter medley relay, 4×200-meter freestyle relay, and 100-meter freestyle. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he competed in the 100-meter freestyle but did not qualify for the event final.
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