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1955 birthsLiving peopleAmerican male medley swimmersFormer world record holders in swimmingOlympic gold medalists for the United States in swimmingOlympic swimmers of the United StatesSportspeople from Santa Monica, CaliforniaSwimmers at the 1976 Summer OlympicsUSC Trojans men's swimmersWorld Aquatics Championships medalists in swimmingMedalists at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAmerican swimming Olympic medalist stubs
swimmer1976 Summer Olympics400-meter individual medleysame event1973 World Aquatics Championships
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Full name | Rodney Strachan | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Rod" | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-10-16) October 16, 1955 Santa Monica, California | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fullerton Area Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he received a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event.[1] He received a silver medal in the same event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.
Strachan held the long course world record in the 400-meter individual medley (4:23.68) from July 1976 to August 1978.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
References
^ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
External links
Rod Strachan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
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Preceded by Zoltán Verrasztó | Men's 400-meter individual medley world record-holder (long course) July 25, 1976 – August 4, 1978 | Succeeded by Jesse Vassallo |
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