Francis Gailey
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Francis Gailey (21 January 1882 – 10 July 1972) was an Australian-born American competition swimmer who swam in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Gailey was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, but later emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1906. For the 1904 Olympics, he was sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially counts Gailey's four medals for the United States,[2] although research undertaken by several Australian newspapers in 2008–09 showed that Gailey was an Australian citizen at the time.[3] In 2009, the Australian Olympic Committee stated that "Gailey's medals, newly credited to Australia, increase the nation's total at summer Olympics to 449".[4]
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, Gailey competed in four swimming events, and due to the lack of entrants all the events were straight finals, on 6 September he entered the 220 yard freestyle, where he finished just under two seconds behind American Charles Daniels and gained a silver medal,[5] on the same day he also entered the 1 mile freestyle and after swimming for nearly 29 minutes he finished in third place behind German Emil Rausch and Hungarian Géza Kiss.[6] The next day Gailey competed in his other two events the 440 yard freestyle, where again he finished second to Charles Daniels,[7] and then the German Emil Rausch beat him in the 880 yard freestyle,[8] so in his two days of events he finished with three silver medals and one bronze.[9]
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References
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- ↑ Harry Gordon, "Unveiled: our lost Olympic champion," Sydney Morning Herald (28 February 2009). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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External links
- Frank Gailey – Olympic athlete profile databaseOlympics.com
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- 1882 births
- 1972 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Australian emigrants to the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers from Brisbane
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- 20th-century American sportsmen