Harry Glancy
Harrison Smith Glancy (September 17, 1904 – September 22, 2002) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] In 1924, he won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Ralph Breyer, Wally O'Connor and Johnny Weissmuller.[1][2] Glancy and his American teammates set new world records in both the semifinals (9:59.4) and final (9:53.4).[1]
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Full name | Harrison Smith Glancy | |||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Harry" | |||||||||||||
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Born | Bens Run, West Virginia | September 17, 1904|||||||||||||
Died | September 22, 2002 98) New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged|||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
Club | Penn Athletic Club | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Glancy was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1990.[3]
See also
References
- Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Harry Glancy. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Harrison Glancy (USA). Retrieved March 17, 2015.
External links
- Harrison Glancy (USA) – Honor Pioneer Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Glancy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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