Gary Ilman
Olympic athlete
1943 –
Who is Gary Ilman?
Gary Steven Ilman is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two relay events. He represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won gold medals as a member of the first-place U.S. teams in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay and men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. In both freestyle relay events, Ilman and his American teammates broke existing world records: Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Ilman and Don Schollander set a new world record of 3:33.2 in the 4x100, and Clark, Roy Saari, Ilman and Schollander set a new world mark of 7:52.1 in the 4x200.
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1943
Glendale - Also known as
- Gary Steven Ilman
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Glendale
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on July 23, 2013
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