Dick Cleveland
Olympic athlete
1929 – 2002
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Who was Dick Cleveland?
Richard Fitch Cleveland was an American competition swimmer, three-time Pan American Games champion, and former world record-holder.
Cleveland enrolled at Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition.
At the 1951 Pan American Games, he won gold medals in the men's 3x100-meter medley relay, 4x200-meter freestyle relay, and 100-meter freestyle. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he competed in the 100-meter freestyle but did not qualify for the event final.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1929
Honolulu - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Died
- Jul 27, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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