Bill Mulliken
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| Full name | William Danforth Mulliken | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Bill" | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 27, 1939 Urbana, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
July 17, 2014 (aged 74) Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Miami University | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Danforth Mulliken (August 27, 1939 – July 17, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion.
Mulliken represented the United States at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won the 200-meter breaststroke, his signature event. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he received a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:37.4.[1][2][3]
He graduated from Miami University in 1961 with a bachelor's degree, and Harvard University in 1964 with a law degree.[3][4]
He founded Big Shoulders, a swim event at Ohio Street Beach in 1991 and held annually since.[5] An avid reader, he was an active member, supporter and leader of the Caxton Club of Chicago.[6][7] He also chaired the capital campaign for Miami University's Library.[4]
His first marriage was to Julia N. Neavolls. They had two daughters and a son before the marriage ended in divorce. He later married Lorna Filippini.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
- ↑ "Bill Mulliken Passes Away". MURedHawks.com - The Official Athletic Website of Miami University. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- 1 2 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/sports/bill-mulliken-who-won-olympic-swimming-gold-dies-at-74.html?_r=0
- 1 2 "William Mulliken Obituary: View William Mulliken's Obituary by Chicago Tribune". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ↑ Club Assistant, LLC. "Big Shoulders 5K and 2.5K - Home". Bigshouldersswim.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ↑ http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/2005/sep05.pdf
- ↑ http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/2004/jul04.pdf
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/sports/bill-mulliken-who-won-olympic-swimming-gold-dies-at-74.html
External links
- Bill Mulliken – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Bill Mulliken (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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