Charlie Hickcox
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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 Doc Counsilman.[1]
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 200-meter and 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 men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also added a silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4][5]
See also
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- 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
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- ↑ Indiana Hoosiers 2006–07 Men's Swimming & Diving, History & Records Template:Webarchive, Indiana University Athletic Department, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 82 (2006). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Charlie Hickcox Template:Webarchive. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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- ↑ Charles Buchanan "Charlie" Hickcox II Obituary Charlie Hickcox. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Passages: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Charlie Hickcox, 63Script error: No such module "Unsubst".," Swimming World Magazine (June 15, 2010). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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External links
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- Charles Hickcox (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Indiana University Archives
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