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Mike Austin (swimmer)

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Mike Austin
Schollander, Ilman, Austin and Clark display gold medals at 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMichael MacKay Austin
Nickname"Mike"
National teamUnited States
Born (1943-08-26) August 26, 1943 (age 80)
West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNew Haven Swim Club[1]
College teamYale University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle relay

Michael MacKay Austin (born August 26, 1943) is a retired American swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with teammates Steve Clark, Gary Ilman and Don Schollander, setting a new world record of 3:33.2.[2] Individually, he placed sixth in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 54.5 seconds.[3]

Austin attended Yale University, where he swam for coach Phil Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ivy League competition from 1962 to 1964. In August 1963, swimming with the New Haven Swim Club during a summer break, he came in second in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 55.2 at the National AAU Outdoor Meet in Chicago.[1] In inter-collegiate National competition with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, he won the 50-yard freestyle in 1964 and helped Yale win the 4x100 yard free relay in both 1963 and 1964.[4] He graduated from Yale with his bachelor's degree in 1964. Austin donated his Olympic gold medal to his alma mater in 2006.[4]

In later years, he worked in the financial field, where he labored overseas for many years before coming back to America and taking a position as CFO for Cambridge, Massachusetts's Strategic Science and Technologies LLC, currently a biotechnology company.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Roth Snares Swim Title", Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 12 August 1963, pg. 19
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Austin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Olympedia Bio, Mike Austin". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
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