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Wayne Moore (swimmer)

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Full name
  
Wayne Richard Moore

Name
  
Wayne Moore

National team
  
United States

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Sport
  
Swimming

Education
  
Yale University

Club
  
New Haven Swim Club

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming

Born
  
November 20, 1931 (
1931-11-20
)
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Died
  
February 20, 2015, Trumbull, Connecticut, United States

College team
  
Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Wayne Richard Moore (November 20, 1931 – February 20, 2015) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Moore represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with U.S. teammates Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane. Individually, Moore also competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 1952 Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the event final.

Moore was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1931, the son of Richard F. and Mary S. Moore. He was a 1945 graduate of Warren Harding High School, and graduated from Yale University in 1953 with a degree in economics. Swimming for the Yale Bulldogs under coach Bob Kiphuth, Moore won NCAA titles in the 220-yard freestyle in 1952 and 440-yard freestyle in 1953. After college, Moore was drafted in the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War.

Moore's father had founded the Moore Special Tool Company, of Bridgeport, a tool and die maker. This specialised in ultra high-precision machine tools, such as jig borers and jig grinders. Wayne went to work for this company in 1953 and in time became its president. In 1970 he authored the book, Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy which is now seen as a standard text for the design of precise and stable machinery. He also became chairman of the National Machine Tool Builders Association (NMTB), the Acme United Corporation, and was a director of the American Precision Museum and the Bridgeport Engineering Institute.

Moore died February 20, 2015; he was 83 years old.

Publications

  • Moore, Wayne R. (1970). Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy. Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA: Moore Tool Company. ISBN 0262130807. LCCN 73127307. 
  • References

    Wayne Moore (swimmer) Wikipedia