Dave Fairbank

Dave Fairbank

Personal information
Full name	David William Fairbank
Nickname(s)	"Dave"
National team	United States
Born	(1954-12-19) December 19, 1954 Sacramento, California
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Arden Hills Swim Club
College team	Stanford University

David William Fairbank (born December 19, 1954) is an American former swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Fairbank represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He swam for the winning U.S. teams in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal for either event.^[1] Under the Olympic rules in effect in 1972, swimmers who competed in the qualifying heats, but not the final of relay events, were not eligible to receive a medal.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

References

1972 USA Olympic swimming team Men's Team Robin Backhaus Tom Bruce Mike Burton Mark Chatfield Rick Colella Gary Conelly Rick DeMont David Edgar Dave Fairbank Steve Furniss Steve Genter Gary Hall Jerry Heidenreich John Hencken Mitch Ivey Brian Job John Kinsella Tom McBreen Tim McKee John Murphy Doug Northway Mark Spitz Mike Stamm Fred Tyler Women's Team Susie Atwood Shirley Babashoff Jane Barkman Jenny Bartz Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Claudia Clevenger Lynn Colella Ellie Daniel Deena Deardurff Jo Harshbarger Jenny Kemp Ann Marshall Judy Melick Barbara Mitchell Karen Moe Mary Montgomery Sandy Neilson Kim Peyton Keena Rothhammer Dana Schoenfield Dana Shrader Ann Simmons Lynn Skrifvars Lynn Vidali Carolyn Woods Jenny Wylie