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| Full name | Felix Jeffery Farrell | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Jeff" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 28, 1937 Detroit, Michigan |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kilograms (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Barbara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeffery ("Jeff") Farrell (born February 28, 1937) is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. In 1960, six days after having an appendectomy, Farrell competed at the Olympic Trials.[1] He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay, and in 4 × 200 m freestyle.[2] He received a gold medal in 100 m freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.
Farrell is a multiple United States Masters Swimming world-record holder, and has held the fastest national times in his age group in dozens of events over past decades.[3] He was photographed for and featured in ESPN's "The Body" issue in 2010.[1]
Farrell was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1968.
Farrell is still swimming and setting world records for Masters Swimming. See: http://www.usms.org/swimgold/sto/frl37qi.htm
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