Bill Mulliken
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Full name | William Danforth Mulliken | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Bill" | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Urbana, Illinois | August 27, 1939|||||||||||||||||||
Died |
July 17, 2014 74) Chicago, Illinois | (aged|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||
College team | Miami University | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Danforth Mulliken (August 27, 1939 – July 17, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion.
Mulliken represented the United States at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won the 200-meter breaststroke, his signature event. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he received a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:37.4.[1][2][3]
He graduated from Miami University in 1961 with a bachelor's degree, and Harvard University in 1964 with a law degree.[3][4]
He founded Big Shoulders, a swim event at Ohio Street Beach in 1991 and held annually since.[5] An avid reader, he was an active member, supporter and leader of the Caxton Club of Chicago.[6][7] He also chaired the capital campaign for Miami University's Library.[4]
His first marriage was to Julia N. Neavolls. They had two daughters and a son before the marriage ended in divorce. He later married Lorna Filippini.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
- ↑ "Bill Mulliken Passes Away". MURedHawks.com - The Official Athletic Website of Miami University. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- 1 2 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/sports/bill-mulliken-who-won-olympic-swimming-gold-dies-at-74.html?_r=0
- 1 2 "William Mulliken Obituary: View William Mulliken's Obituary by Chicago Tribune". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ↑ Club Assistant, LLC. "Big Shoulders 5K and 2.5K - Home". Bigshouldersswim.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ↑ http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/2005/sep05.pdf
- ↑ http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/2004/jul04.pdf
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/sports/bill-mulliken-who-won-olympic-swimming-gold-dies-at-74.html
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Bill Mulliken". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- Bill Mulliken (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame