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Full name | William White Harris, Jr. | ||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Bill" | ||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
October 26, 1897||||||||||||
Died | March 7, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii |
(aged 63)||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
Club | Outrigger Canoe Club | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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William White Harris, Jr. (October 26, 1897 – March 7, 1961) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Harris competed in the men's 100-meter freestyle, advanced to the final, and received the bronze medal for his third-place finish in 1:03.0. He also swam in the men's 400-meter freestyle; he advanced to the event semifinal and posted a time of 5:36.0.