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American swimmer
Charles Buchanan Hickcox (February 6, 1947 – June 14, 2010) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in six events.
Career
Hickcox was born in
Phoenix, Arizona . He attended
Indiana University , and swam for the
Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1967 to 1969. He won a total of seven individual NCAA national championships while swimming for Hoosiers coach
Doc Counsilman .
[1]
The peak of Hickcox's swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records in the space of sixteen months. He received four medals (three gold and one silver) at the
1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won gold medals in both the
200-meter and
400-meter individual medley events (setting an Olympic record in the 200-meter), and another gold as a member of the world record-setting U.S. team in the
men's 4×100-meter medley relay . He also added a silver medal in the men's
100-meter backstroke .
[2]
Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968, and inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.
[3] He was married to Olympic diver
Lesley Bush , but they later divorced.
He died from cancer on June 14, 2010, in San Diego at the age of 63.
[4]
[5]
See also
References
^ Indiana Hoosiers 2006–07 Men's Swimming & Diving ,
History & Records
Archived November 12, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , Indiana University Athletic Department, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 82 (2006). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes,
Charlie Hickcox
Archived April 3, 2010, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 11, 2012.
^
"Charles Hickcox (USA)" . ISHOF.org .
International Swimming Hall of Fame . Archived from
the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
^ Charles Buchanan "Charlie" Hickcox II Obituary
Charlie Hickcox . Retrieved February 11, 2015.
^ "
Passages: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Charlie Hickcox, 63 [
permanent dead link ] ," Swimming World Magazine (June 15, 2010). Retrieved October 11, 2012.
External links
Men's Team Women's Team Staff
1960 :
Frank McKinney ,
Paul Hait ,
Lance Larson ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Thompson Mann ,
Bill Craig ,
Fred Schmidt ,
Steve Clark (
USA )
1968 :
Charlie Hickcox ,
Don McKenzie ,
Doug Russell ,
Ken Walsh (
USA )
1972 :
Mike Stamm ,
Tom Bruce ,
Mark Spitz ,
Jerry Heidenreich (
USA )
1976 :
John Naber ,
John Hencken ,
Matt Vogel ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Mark Kerry ,
Peter Evans ,
Mark Tonelli ,
Neil Brooks (
AUS )
1984 :
Rick Carey ,
Steve Lundquist ,
Pablo Morales ,
Rowdy Gaines (
USA )
1988 :
David Berkoff ,
Richard Schroeder ,
Matt Biondi ,
Chris Jacobs (
USA )
1992 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Nelson Diebel ,
Pablo Morales ,
Jon Olsen ,
David Berkoff ,
Hans Dersch ,
Melvin Stewart ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1996 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Jeremy Linn ,
Mark Henderson ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Josh Davis ,
Kurt Grote ,
John Hargis ,
Tripp Schwenk (
USA )
2000 :
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Ed Moses ,
Ian Crocker ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Neil Walker ,
Tommy Hannan ,
Jason Lezak (
USA )
2004 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Ian Crocker ,
Jason Lezak ,
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Michael Phelps ,
Neil Walker (
USA )
2008 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Jason Lezak ,
Matt Grevers ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Ian Crocker ,
Garrett Weber-Gale (
USA )
2012 :
Matt Grevers ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
Nick Thoman ,
Eric Shanteau ,
Tyler McGill ,
Cullen Jones (
USA )
2016 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Cody Miller ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
David Plummer ,
Cordes ,
Shields ,
Dressel (
USA )
2020 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Michael Andrew ,
Caeleb Dressel ,
Zach Apple ,
Hunter Armstrong ,
Andrew Wilson ,
Tom Shields ,
Blake Pieroni (
USA )
1951 :
R. Gora ,
B. Jones ,
D. Cleveland ,
B. Heusner (
USA )
1955 :
M. Smith ,
W. Yorzyk ,
W. Moore ,
J. McLane (
USA )
1959 :
D. Blick ,
P. Sintz ,
J. Rounsavelle ,
F. Winters (
USA )
1963 :
G. Ilman ,
R. McDonough ,
D. Lyons ,
E. Townsend (
USA )
1967 :
D. Schollander ,
C. Hickcox ,
G. Charlton ,
M. Spitz (
USA )
1971 :
J. Heidenreich ,
J. McConica ,
S. Genter ,
F. Heckl (
USA )
1975 :
R. DeMont ,
R. Favero ,
B. Horner ,
M. Curington (
USA )
1979 :
B. Goodell ,
D. Larson ,
K. Kirshner ,
R. Gaines (
USA )
1983 :
D. Larson ,
R. Saeger ,
B. Hayes ,
R. Gaines (
USA )
1987 :
P. Robinson ,
B. Jones ,
M. O'Brien ,
J. Witchell (
USA )
1991 :
J. Keppeler ,
J. Wells ,
C. Tippins ,
E. Diehl (
USA )
1995 :
J. Olsen ,
J. Davis ,
R. Berube ,
G. Burgess (
USA )
1999 :
A. Messner ,
D. Phillips ,
D. Howard ,
S. Tucker (
USA )
2003 :
R. Lochte ,
B. Goldberg ,
J. Lee ,
D. Ketchum (
USA )
2007 :
T. Pereira ,
R. Castro ,
L. Salatta ,
N. Oliveira (
BRA )
2011 :
C. Dwyer ,
S. Robison ,
C. Houchin ,
M. Patton ,
D. Madwed ,
R. Feeley ,
R. Tullius ,
R. Margalis (
USA )
2015 :
L. Altamir Melo ,
J. de Lucca ,
T. Pereira ,
N. Oliveira ,
H. Rodrigues ,
K. de Almeida ,
T. Simon (
BRA )
2019 :
L. Altamir Melo ,
F. Scheffer ,
J. de Lucca ,
B. Correia (
BRA )
2023 :
M. Sartori ,
B. Correia ,
F. Scheffer ,
G. Costa ,
L. Altamir Melo ,
L. Coelho Santos ,
F. Ribeiro de Souza (
BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
1959:
Italy : Unknown
1961: Not held
1963: Not held
1965:
United States : (
Roth ,
Saari ,
Roth ,
Ilman )
1967:
United States : (
Charlton ,
Nelson ,
Hickcox ,
Robie )
1970:
United States : (
Strenk ,
O'Mallay ,
McConica ,
Heckl )
1973:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1977:
United States : (
Weston ,
Curington ,
Ebuna ,
Hannula Jr. )
1979:
United States : (
Sharpe ,
Dickson ,
O'Brien ,
Hillencamp )
1981:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1983:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1985:
United States : (
Oppel ,
Siroky ,
Dillon ,
Biondi )
1987:
United States : (
Parker ,
Lang ,
Hodge ,
Olsen )
1991:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1993:
United States : (
Keppeler ,
Phillips ,
Van Tassell ,
Berube )
1995:
United States : (
Davis ,
Kanner ,
Rumley ,
Schumacher )
1997:
United States : (
Eckerman ,
Goldblatt ,
Rauch ,
Schryver )
1999:
United States : (
Godsman ,
Hartzel ,
Leonard ,
Warkentin )
2001:
Italy : (
Beccari ,
Selleri ,
Pelliciari ,
Cappellazzo )
2003:
Russia : (
Kapralov ,
Kuznetsov ,
Chernyshov ,
Prilukov )
2005:
Italy : (
Frovi ,
Calvi ,
Pasteris ,
Cassio )
2007:
United States : (
McGinnis ,
Ritter ,
Van Wie ,
Klueh )
2009:
Japan : (
Uchida ,
Hihara ,
Kuzuhara ,
Mononobe )
2011:
United States : (
Klueh ,
Hill ,
Bartlett ,
McLean )
2013:
Russia : (
Izotov ,
Lobintsev ,
Lobuzov ,
Sukhorukov )
2015:
United States : (
Youngquist ,
Malone ,
Wynalda ,
Whitaker )
2017:
Japan : (
Matsumoto ,
Sakata ,
Kobori ,
Hagino )
2019:
United States : (
Farris ,
House ,
Julian ,
Apple )
2021:
Japan : (
Yanagimoto ,
Imoto ,
Terakado ,
Kurokawa )
1959:
Italy : Unknown
1961:
Japan : (
Fukushima ,
Shikiishi ,
Yoshimuta ,
Fujimoto )
1963:
Hungary : Unknown
1965:
United States : (
Mann ,
Tretheway ,
Riker ,
Roth )
1967:
United States : (
Hickcox ,
Merten ,
Russell ,
Walsh )
1970:
United States : (
Ivey ,
Shilling ,
Ferris ,
Heckl )
1973:
United States : (
Johnson ,
Chatfield ,
Poucher ,
Knox )
1977:
United States : (
Ballard ,
Michaelis ,
Curington ,
Ebuna )
1979:
United States : (
Manganiello ,
Lundberg ,
Bottom ,
Peppas )
1981:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1983:
Soviet Union : Unknown
1985:
United States : (
Rhodenbaugh ,
Moffet ,
O'Neil ,
McCadam )
1987:
United States : (
Berkoff ,
Torres ,
Mortenson ,
Hansen )
1991:
United States : (
Hansen ,
Kutler ,
Pajer ,
Schwenk )
1993:
United States : (
Schwenk ,
Crawford ,
Pepper ,
Fox )
1995:
United States : (
Jachimowski ,
Engstrom-Heg ,
Lancaster ,
Davis )
1997:
United States : (
Brewer ,
Kling ,
Martyak ,
Jones )
1999:
United States : (
Ulrickson ,
McDonnell ,
Pierce ,
Busse )
2001:
United States : (
Marshall ,
Denniston ,
Haidinyak ,
VonSchoff )
2003:
Ukraine : (
Nikolaychuk ,
Lisohor ,
Serdinov ,
Yegoshin )
2005:
Ukraine : (
Bugayov ,
Lisohor ,
Advena ,
Syzonenko )
2007:
Russia : (
Smirnov ,
Falko ,
Korotyshkin ,
Grechin )
2009:
Japan : (
R. Irie ,
Sakimoto ,
S. Irie ,
Harada )
2011:
Japan : (
Irie ,
Tateishi ,
Kishida ,
Shioura )
2013:
Russia : (
Morozov ,
Strelnikov ,
Koptelov ,
Grechin )
2015:
Russia : (
Shabasov ,
Kostin ,
Koptelov ,
Polischuk )
2017:
United States : (
Ress ,
Wilson ,
Lynch ,
Held )
2019:
United States : (
Ress ,
Finnerty ,
Shebat ,
Apple )
2021:
China : (
Wang ,
Qin ,
Chen ,
Lin )