David Radcliff Explained
David Allison Radcliff (born May 1, 1934) is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] Radcliffe competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, recording a time of 19:09.6.[1] [2]
In 1995, Radcliff returned to competition as a Masters swimmer.[3], he holds 42 individual U.S. Masters Swimming records in pool events;[4] [5] he holds all freestyle world records for the 75-79 and 80-84 age groups, from 50m to 1500m, other than the long course 50m freestyle.[6] [7] [8] [9] His 1500m freestyle World Record time at age 80 was 22:16.90, only 3 minutes slower than his time in the 1956 Olympics.
Notes and References
- David Radcliffe . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dave-radcliffe-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . January 27, 2013.
- Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- Web site: Profiling David A. Radcliff From distance swimmer to record in 50 free . US Masters Swimming . November 6, 2014 . July 19, 2000.
- Web site: David A Radcliff - USMS Swimmer . November 6, 2014.
- Web site: A 4-FOR-1 DEAL: 80-YEAR-OLD DAVID RADCLIFF BREAKS 4 AMERICAN MASTERS RECORDS IN THE SAME SWIM .
- Web site: FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106070137/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLLCM.pdf . 2014-11-06.
- Web site: FINA FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106064725/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/masters/wrtop10/WRLSCM.pdf . 2014-11-06.
- Web site: David Radcliff, Ellen Reynolds and Willard Lamb Shatter Masters World Records In Washington State .
- Web site: Hubie Kerns, Glenn Gruber, Willard Lamb and David Radcliff Set Masters World Records in Oregon .
