Paul Hait

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Paul Hait

Bennett, Hait, Clark en Gillanders after breaking the 4×100 m world record in the heats at the 1960 Olympics

Personal information

Full name

Paul William Hait

Nationality

Born

Height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight

198 lb (90 kg)

Sport

Club

College team

Medal record

Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Rome	4×100 m medley

Paul William Hait (born May 25, 1940) is an American former breaststroke swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record holder.

Hait won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he swam in the preliminaries (with Steve Clark, Bob Bennett and Dave Gillanders) and in the final (with Frank McKinney, Lance Larson and Jeff Farrell), breaking the 4×100 m world record in both cases. Individually, he finished eighth in the 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:41.4.^[1]

Hait was the son-in-law of Charles Keating, Jr., NCAA swimming champion in 1946.^[1]

References

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v t e 1960 USA Olympic swimming team

Men's team	Bob Bennett Dick Blick George Breen Steve Clark Bill Darnton Jeff Farrell Dave Gillanders Paul Hait George Harrison Bruce Hunter Lance Larson Gene Lenz Frank McKinney Bill Mulliken Alan Somers Mike Troy Thomas Winter

Women's team	Molly Botkin Lynn Burke Donna de Varona Susan Doerr Nina Harmer Carolyn House Patty Kempner Sylvia Ruuska Carolyn Schuler Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza Anne Warner Carolyn Wood

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

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Name	Hait, Paul
Alternative names	Hait, Paul William; Hait, Paul W.
Short description	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
Date of birth	May 25, 1940
Place of birth	Pasadena, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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