Bill Harris (swimmer)
Appearance
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Full name | William White Harris, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii | October 26, 1897||||||||||||||
Died | March 7, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii | (aged 63)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Outrigger Canoe Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William White Harris, Jr. (October 26, 1897 – March 7, 1961) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[1][2] Harris competed in the men's 100-meter freestyle, advanced to the final, and received the bronze medal for his third-place finish in 1:03.0.[1][3] He also swam in the men's 400-meter freestyle; he advanced to the event semifinal and posted a time of 5:36.0.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Bill Harris. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Bill Harris". Olympedia. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Men's 100 metres Freestyle Final Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
External links
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Harris". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.