David Larson
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| Full name | David Erwin Larson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 25, 1959 Jesup, Georgia |
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| Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.90 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Erwin Larson (born June 25, 1959) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holder. Larson is a Georgia native who became an All-American college swimmer for the University of Florida. He was known for his success as a member of American relay teams in international competition at the Pan American Games and the Olympics – and for setting two world records in the 4×200-meter relay event on the same day at the 1984 Olympics.
Larson was born in the small town of Jesup, Georgia in 1959. He started swimming as an age-group competitor in 1963. He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he swam for the Bolles high school swim team. He graduated from Bolles in 1977.
Larson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition under coach Randy Reese from 1978 to 1981. Larson won two NCAA championships at Florida in the 800-yard freestyle relay (1979, 1981), setting American and NCAA records in the process. He finished second in the 200-yard freestyle to Rowdy Gaines of Auburn in 1981, but then out-swam Gaines on the final leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay to claim the NCAA championship in the event. Larson earned twenty-one All-American honors and was national record holder in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Larson graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1987, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."
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