Bill Forrester
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Full name | William Ronald Forrester, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Bill" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Darby, Pennsylvania | December 18, 1957||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Randy Reese Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Auburn University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Ronald Forrester, Jr. (born December 18, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he won a bronze medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly, finishing behind U.S. teammates Mike Bruner and Steve Gregg.[1]
See also
- List of Auburn University people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's 200 metres butterfly". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
External links
- Bill Forrester – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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