Greg Buckingham
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Gregory Fenton Buckingham | ||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Greg" | ||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Riverside, California | July 29, 1945||||||||||||
Died | November 11, 1990 45) | (aged||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gregory Fenton Buckingham (July 29, 1945 – November 11, 1990) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events.
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, and attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California. He enrolled in Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.[1]
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the men's 200-meter individual medley, finishing second with a time of 2:13.0.[2] His second-place performance completed an American sweep of the event with Charlie Hickcox winning the gold medal (2:12.0) and John Ferris taking the bronze (2:13.3).[3] He also competed in the men's 400-meter individual medley and was judged to have finished fourth in the event final, even though his clock time was the same as the bronze medalist (4:51.4).[4]
Buckingham died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 45.[1] He was one of two older brothers of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- World record progression 200 metres individual medley
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
References
- 1 2 3 "Glory days: A new exhibit at history museum recalls the golden days of sports stars in the area," The Almanac (December 3, 2003). Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Greg Buckingham Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Men's 200 metres Individual Medley Final Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Individual Medley Final Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
External links
- "Greg Buckingham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
Records | ||
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Preceded by Dick Roth |
Men's 200-meter individual medley world record-holder (long course) July 24, 1966 – August 31, 1968 |
Succeeded by Charlie Hickcox |
Preceded by Andrey Dunayev |
Men's 400-meter individual medley world record-holder (long course) July 6, 1968 – July 20, 1968 |
Succeeded by Gary Hall, Sr. |