David Dickson (swimmer)
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| Full name | David Gavin Dickson | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
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20 February 1941 Batu Gajah, Malaysia |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
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David Gavin Dickson (born 20 February 1941) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won three bronze medals in freestyle and medley relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome and Tokyo respectively.
Dickson was selected to make his international debut at Rome in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. With John Konrads, Jon Henricks and Murray Rose, Dickson broke the world record on 6 August 1960, at the Tobruk Pool in Townsville, Queensland. However, in the Olympic final, swimming alongside individual gold medallists John Devitt, Murray Rose and John Konrads, Dickson finished third behind the United States and Japanese teams.
At the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Dickson finished third in the 110-yard freestyle, beaten by Dick Pound of Canada and Bobby McGregor of Scotland. However Dickson won gold in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay (with Rose, Peter Doak and Peter Phelps) and the 4×110-yard medley relay with Julian Carroll, Ian O'Brien and Kevin Berry, all of whom had won their respective individual events.
As he was the Australian 880-yard freestyle champion. However, a last minute public appeal brought Rose back from the United States, where he was studying and competing in the US collegiate system. Wood was relegated to silver in the 440-yard freestyle behind Rose and bronze in the 1650-yard freestyle, behind Rose and Windle. Wood won a gold medal in the 4×220-yard freestyle relay, alongside Windle, Rose and Anthony Strahan, setting a world record in the process.
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