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{{Short description|American swimmer (1947–2010)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Charlie Hickcox
| image          = Charlie Hickcox 1968.jpg
| image_size     = 200
| alt            =
| caption        = 
| fullname       = Charles Buchanan Hickcox
| nicknames      = "Charlie"
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]], [[medley swimming|individual medley]]
| club           = Bloomington Swim Club 
| collegeteam    = [[Indiana Hoosiers|Indiana University]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1947|2|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2010|6|14|1947|2|6|mf=y}}
| death_place    = [[San Diego|San Diego, California]], U.S.
| height         = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|176|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|400 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1968 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}    
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1967 Pan American Games|1967 Winnipeg]] | [[Swimming at the 1967 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1967 Winnipeg | [[Swimming at the 1967 Pan American Games|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1967 Winnipeg | 200 m backstroke]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1967 Summer Universiade|1967 Tokyo]] | [[Swimming at the 1967 Summer Universiade|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1967 Tokyo | 200 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalGold | 1967 Tokyo | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1967 Tokyo | 4x100 m medley}} 
}}

'''Charles Buchanan Hickcox''' (February 6, 1947 – June 14, 2010) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in six events.

==Career==

Hickcox was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].  He attended [[Indiana University]], and swam for the [[Indiana Hoosiers]] swimming and diving team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1967 to 1969.  He won a total of seven individual NCAA national championships while swimming for Hoosiers coach [[James Counsilman|Doc Counsilman]].<ref>''Indiana Hoosiers 2006–07 Men's Swimming & Diving'', [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/0607-mg-section6history.pdf  History & Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112143820/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/0607-mg-section6history.pdf |date=November 12, 2012 }}, Indiana University Athletic Department, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 82 (2006).  Retrieved October 11, 2012.</ref>

The peak of Hickcox's swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records in the space of sixteen months.  He received four medals (three gold and one silver) at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Mexico City.  He won gold medals in both the [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre individual medley|200-meter]] and [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre individual medley|400-meter individual medley]] events (setting an Olympic record in the 200-meter), and another gold as a member of the world record-setting U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|men's 4×100-meter medley relay]].  He also added a silver medal in the men's [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke|100-meter backstroke]].<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html  Charlie Hickcox] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403091100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |date=April 3, 2010 }}.  Retrieved October 11, 2012.</ref>

Hickcox was named ''World Swimmer of the Year'' in 1968, and inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.<ref name=ishofprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182932/http://ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |title=Charles Hickcox (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref> He was married to Olympic diver [[Lesley Bush]], but they later divorced.

He died from cancer on June 14, 2010, in San Diego at the age of 63.<ref name=HickcoxObit>Charles Buchanan "Charlie" Hickcox II Obituary [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=charles-buchanan-hickcox-charlie&pid=143818831 Charlie Hickcox].  Retrieved February 11, 2015.</ref><ref>"[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/24346.asp  Passages: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Charlie Hickcox, 63]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," ''Swimming World Magazine'' (June 15, 2010).  Retrieved October 11, 2012.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres backstroke]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres backstroke]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres individual medley]]
* [[World record progression 400 metres individual medley]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |title=Charlie Hickcox |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403091100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |archive-date=2010-04-03 |url-status=dead}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182932/http://ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html Charles Hickcox (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhptst/051603/text/doc.html Indiana University Archives]

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{{Succession box
| before = [[Doug Russell (swimmer)|Doug Russell]]
| title = [[World record progression 100 metres backstroke|Men's 100-meter backstroke<br />world record-holder (long course)]]
| years = August 28, 1967 – September 21, 1967
| after = [[Roland Matthes]]
}}
{{Succession box
| before = [[Gary Hall, Sr.]]
| title = [[World record progression 400 metres individual medley|Men's 400-meter individual medley<br />world record-holder (long course)]]
| years = August 30, 1968 – July 11, 1969
| after = Gary Hall, Sr.
}}
{{Succession box
| before = [[Greg Buckingham]]
| title = [[World record progression 200 metres individual medley|Men's 200-meter individual medley<br />world record-holder (long course)]]
| years = August 31, 1968 – August 17, 1969
| after = Gary Hall, Sr.
}}
{{S-end}}

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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Medley Relay Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 100 m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x200 m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 100m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}
{{Footer NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships – men's 200 y individual medley champions}}

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