Gary Hall Sr.
Gary Wayne Hall Sr. (born August 7, 1951 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA ) is a retired American swimmer.
The medley swimmer Hall swam ten world records, eight of them in medley disciplines . He was the first person to swim the 400 yard distance in under 4 minutes. As a swimmer for the US Olympic team, he took part in three Olympic Games ( 1968 , 1972 and 1976 ).
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , he won the silver medal in the 400 m medley. In 1972 in Munich he became Olympic champion with the 4 × 100 m individual relay relay and won silver in the 200 m butterfly . In 1976 in Montreal he received the bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly.
Hall studied a. a. at Indiana University , where he trained with swim coach James Counsilman .
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1981.
His son, Gary Hall junior , has also competed in three Olympic Games as a swimmer for the US Olympic team.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gary Hall senior in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ Gary Hall senior - Swimming - Indiana's Top Athletes - Photos - SI Vault - sportsillustrated.cnn.com ( Memento of May 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Cecil Colwin: A Giant Has Fallen: Doc Counsilman Dies. (No longer available online.) In: Swimming World Magazine. January 4, 2004, archived from the original on August 25, 2012 ; accessed on May 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Indiana Hoosiers (English; PDF; 4.4 MB)
- ↑ Gary Hall senior in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hall, Gary Sr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hall, Gary Wayne Sr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA |