David Allison Radcliff (born May 1, 1934) is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] Radcliffe competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, recording a time of 19:09.6.[1][2]
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Full name | David Allison Radcliff |
National team | United States |
Born | Spokane, Washington, U.S. | May 1, 1934
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 152 lb (69 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
College team | University of California, Berkeley |
In 1995, Radcliff returned to competition as a Masters swimmer.[3] As of November 2014[update], he holds 42 individual U.S. Masters Swimming records in pool events;[4][5] he holds all freestyle world records for the 75-79 and 80-84 age groups, from 50m to 1500m, other than the long course 50m freestyle.[6][7][8][9] His 1500m freestyle World Record time at age 80 was 22:16.90, only 3 minutes slower than his time in the 1956 Olympics.
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Radcliffe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Profiling David A. Radcliff From distance swimmer to record in 50 free". US Masters Swimming. July 19, 2000. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "David A Radcliff - USMS Swimmer". Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "A 4-FOR-1 DEAL: 80-YEAR-OLD DAVID RADCLIFF BREAKS 4 AMERICAN MASTERS RECORDS IN THE SAME SWIM".
- ^ "FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.
- ^ "FINA FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.
- ^ "David Radcliff, Ellen Reynolds and Willard Lamb Shatter Masters World Records In Washington State".
- ^ "Hubie Kerns, Glenn Gruber, Willard Lamb and David Radcliff Set Masters World Records in Oregon".