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| Full name | Leslie George Rich | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 29, 1886 Somerville, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 1969 (aged 82) Dade City, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Brookline Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||
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Leslie George Rich (December 29, 1886 – October 1969) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Born December 29, 1886, Rich grew up in Massachusetts, and began his swimming career at the Brookline Swimming Club outside Boston.
1908 Olympics
Rich won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, finishing with a time of 11:02.8, together with teammates Harry Hebner, Leo Goodwin and Charles Daniels. Individually, he finished fourth in the men's 100-meter freestyle.
In the 1912 Olympics, Rich was scheduled to swim the 100-meter and 400-meter freestyle, but did not participate.
He died in October 1969 in Dade County, Florida.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Olympedia Biography, Leslie Rich". Olympedia.org. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "Leslie Rich". Olympedia. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
External links
- Leslie Rich – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Leslie Rich at Olympedia
