George Harrison
Olympic athlete
1939 – 2011
Who was George Harrison?
George Prifold Harrison was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.
He received a silver medal in 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.
Harrison held the world record in 200-meter individual medley from August 24, 1956 to July 19, 1958. He held the world record in the 400-meter individual medley from June 24, 1960 to July 22, 1960.
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- Born
- Apr 9, 1939
Berkeley - Also known as
- George Prifold Harrison
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Berkeley
- Died
- Oct 3, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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