George Harrison (swimmer)
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| Full name | George Prifold Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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April 9, 1939 Berkeley, California |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||
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George Prifold Harrison (April 9, 1939 – October 3, 2011) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received a gold medal as the lead-off swimmer of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Harrison, together with his American relay teammates Dick Blick, Mike Troy and Jeff Farrell, set a new world record of 8:10.2 in the event final.
He received a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.
Harrison held the world record in 200-meter individual medley (long course) from August 24, 1956 to July 19, 1958. He held the world record in the 400-meter individual medley (long course) from June 24, 1960 to July 22, 1960.
Harrison lived in Moraga, California at the time of his death from complications during surgery.
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