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| Full name | William White Harris, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 26, 1897 Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 7, 1961 (aged 63) Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Outrigger Canoe Club | ||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ 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.
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