Dick Hanley (swimmer)
 Hanley at Michigan in 1957. | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Richard Dennis Hanley | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Dick" | |||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||
| Born | February 19, 1936 Evanston, Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 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[]
- ^ a b MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions Archived 2017-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions Archived 2002-02-23 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Hanley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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