Thompson Mann
 Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Harold Thompson Mann | |||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||
| Born | December 1, 1942 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Died | April 4, 2019 (aged 76)[2] | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | North Carolina Athletic Club | |||||||||||
| College team | University of North Carolina | |||||||||||
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Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Mann and his relay teammates Bill Craig (breaststroke), Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and Steve Clark set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds).[3]
In 1965, Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd.[4] He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984,[5] and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Mann was 1960 graduate from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA, where he served as senior class president.[6]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thompson Mann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Thompson Mann's obituary
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
- ^ "Passages: 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Thompson Mann, 76". 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Thompson Mann (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ The Causeway. Great Bridge High School. 1960. p. 18.
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