Thompson Mann facts for kids
Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics
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| Born | December 1, 1942 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Died | April 4, 2019 (aged 76) | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||
| Club | North Carolina Athletic Club | ||||||||||
| College team | University of North Carolina | ||||||||||
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Medal record
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Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Mann and his relay teammates Bill Craig (breaststroke), Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and Steve Clark set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds).
In 1965, Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Mann was 1960 graduate from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA, where he served as senior class president.
See also
In Spanish: Thompson Mann para niños
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
