David Radcliff

David Radcliff
Personal information
Full nameDavid Allison Radcliff
National team United States
Born (1934-05-01) May 1, 1934 (age 92)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight152 lb (69 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley

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] As of November 2014, 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.

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Radcliffe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  2. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Profiling David A. Radcliff From distance swimmer to record in 50 free". US Masters Swimming. July 19, 2000. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "David A Radcliff - USMS Swimmer". Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "A 4-FOR-1 DEAL: 80-YEAR-OLD DAVID RADCLIFF BREAKS 4 AMERICAN MASTERS RECORDS IN THE SAME SWIM".
  6. ^ "FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "FINA FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS - SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "David Radcliff, Ellen Reynolds and Willard Lamb Shatter Masters World Records In Washington State".
  9. ^ "Hubie Kerns, Glenn Gruber, Willard Lamb and David Radcliff Set Masters World Records in Oregon".


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