Ralph Flanagan (swimmer)
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Full name | Ralph Drew Flanagan | ||||||||||
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Born | Los Alamitos, California | December 14, 1918||||||||||
Died | February 8, 1988 Los Alamitos, California | (aged 69)||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||
Club | Greater Miami Athletic Club | ||||||||||
College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Ralph Drew Flanagan (December 14, 1918 – February 8, 1988) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics during the 1930s.[1]
As a 13-year-old at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Flanagan competed in the semifinals of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle.[1][2] Four years later at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1][3] Individually, he finished fourth in the men's 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle.[1][4][5]
Flanagan was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1978.[6]
See also[]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
References[]
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- ^ a b c d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ralph Flanagan. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Ralph Flanagan (USA). Retrieved March 16, 2015.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1988 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- People from Los Alamitos, California
- Swimmers from California
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns men's swimmers
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics