Greg Buckingham
Olympic athlete
1945 – 1990
Who was Greg Buckingham?
Gregory Fenton Buckingham was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, and attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California. He enrolled in Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the men's 200-meter individual medley. His second-place performance completed an American sweep of the event with Charlie Hickcox taking the gold medal and John Ferris taking the bronze.
Buckingham died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 45. He was one of two older brothers of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1945
Riverside - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Menlo-Atherton High School
- Lived in
- Riverside
- Died
- Nov 11, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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