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Charles Hickcox Personal information Full name Charles Buchanan Hickcox Nickname(s) "Charlie" Nationality 
United StatesBorn February 6, 1947
Phoenix, ArizonaDied June 15, 2010 (aged 63) Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Medley and backstroke Club Bloomington Swim Club College team Indiana University (Bloomington) Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City 200 m medley Gold 1968 Mexico City 400 m medley Gold 1968 Mexico City 4x100 m medley Silver 1968 Mexico City 100 m backstroke Pan American Games Gold 1967 Winnipeg 100 m backstroke Gold 1967 Winnipeg 4x200 m freestyle Silver 1967 Winnipeg 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade Gold 1967 Tokyo 100 m backstroke Gold 1967 Tokyo 200 m backstroke Gold 1967 Tokyo 4x200 m freestyle Gold 1967 Tokyo 4x100 m medley Charles Buchanan Hickcox (February 6, 1947 – June 15, 2010) was an American swimmer who won four medals (three gold and one silver) at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He won gold in both the 200 and 400 Individual Medleys (setting an Olympic record in the 200), gold as part of the world record setting U.S. 400 Medley Relay team, and silver in the 100 Backstroke. He also won seven individual NCAA swimming titles while swimming for Indiana University under coach Counsilman in the late 1960s.
The peak of Hickcox's swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records within 16 months.
Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968 and admitted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976. He was married to Olympic diver Lesley Bush, though they later divorced.
He died on June 15, 2010, in San Diego, California, from cancer.
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
References
- Charles Hickcox Bio at ISHOF
- Charles Hickcox's profile at Sports Reference.com
- Charles Hickcox's obituary
- Indiana University Archives
- sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- www.azcentral.com
- Hoosier Olympians
Olympic Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1968: Charles Hickcox • 1972: Gunnar Larsson • 1984: Alex Baumann • 1988: Tamás Darnyi • 1992: Tamás Darnyi • 1996: Attila Czene • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino • 2004: Michael Phelps • 2008: Michael Phelps
Olympic Champions in Men's 400 m Individual Medley 1964: Richard Roth • 1968: Charles Hickcox • 1972: Gunnar Larsson • 1976: Rod Strachan • 1980: Aleksandr Sidorenko • 1984: Alex Baumann • 1988: Tamás Darnyi • 1992: Tamás Darnyi • 1996: Tom Dolan • 2000: Tom Dolan • 2004: Michael Phelps • 2008: Michael Phelps
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) • 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) • 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) • 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) • 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) • 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) • 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) • 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2008: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1951: Allen Stack (USA) • 1955 – 1959: Frank McKinney (USA) • 1963: Ed Bartsch (USA) • 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) • 1971: Mel Nash (USA) • 1975: Peter Rocca (USA) • 1979: Bob Jackson (USA) • 1983: Rick Carey (USA) • 1987 – 1991: Andrew Gill (USA) • 1995: Jeff Rouse (USA) • 1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) • 2003: Peter Marshall (USA) • 2007: Randall Bal (USA) • 2011: Thiago Pereira (BRA)Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) • 1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) • 1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) • 1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) • 1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) • 1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) • 1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) • 1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) • 1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) • 1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) • 1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) • 1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) • 2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) • 2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira) • 2011: United States (Dwyer, Robison, Houchin, Patton)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1959: Gilberto Elsa (ITA) • 1961: Shunsuke Fukushima (JPN) • 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) • 1970: Mitch Ivey (USA) • 1973: David Johnson (USA) • 1977: Romulo Arantes (BRA) • 1979: Mark Kerry (AUS) • 1981: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1983: Mike West (CAN) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) • 1991: Deke Botsford (CAN) • 1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) • 1995: Kurt Jachimowski (USA) • 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) • 1999: Simon Thirsk (RSA) • 2001: Peter Marshall (USA) • 2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) • 2005: Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) • 2007: Helge Meeuw (GER) • 2009: Ryosuke Irie (JPN) • 2011: Gareth Kean (NZL)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1963: József Csikány (HUN) • 1965: Gary Dilley (USA) and Viktor Mazanov (URS) • 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) • 1970: Mitch Ivey (USA) • 1973: David Johnson (USA) • 1977: Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) • 1979: Kyle Miller (USA) • 1981: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1983: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) • 1991: Tripp Schwenk (USA) • 1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) • 1995: Ji Sang-Joon (KOR) • 1997: Emanuele Merisi (ITA) • 1999: Beau Wiebel (USA) • 2001: Bryce Hunt (USA) • 2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) • 2005: Blaž Medvešek (SLO) • 2007: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2009 – 2011: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1959: Italy: Unknown • 1961: Not Held • 1963: Not Held • 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman) • 1967: USA: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie) • 1970: USA: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl) • 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1977: USA: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula) • 1979: USA: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp) • 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1985: USA: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi) • 1987: USA: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen) • 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1993: USA: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube) • 1995: USA: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher) • 1997: USA: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver) • 1999: USA: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin) • 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo) • 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshev, Prilukov) • 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio) • 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh) • 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe) 2011: USA: (Klueh, Hill, Bartlett, McLean) •
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1959: Italy: Unknown · 1961: Japan: Unknown · 1963: Hungary: Unknown · 1965: USA: (Mann, Tretheway, Riker, Roth) · 1967: USA: (Hickcox, Merten, Russell, Walsh) · 1970: USA: (Ivey, Shilling, Ferris, Heckl) · 1973: USA: (Johnson, Chatfield, Poucher, Knox) · 1977: USA: (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna) · 1979: USA: (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom, Peppas) · 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown · 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown · 1985: USA: (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet, O'Neil, McCadam) · 1987: USA: (Berkoff, Torres, Mortenson, Hansen) · 1991: USA: (Hansen, Kutler, Pajer, Schwenk) · 1993: USA: (Schwenk, Crawford, Pepper, Fox) · 1995: USA: (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis) · 1997: USA: (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones) · 1999: USA: (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce, Busse) · 2001: USA: (Marshall, Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff) · 2003: Ukraine: (Nikolaychuk, Lisogor, Serdinov, Yegoshin) · 2005: Ukraine: (Bugayov, Lisogor, Advena, Syzonenko) · 2007: Russia: (Smirnov, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin) · 2009: Japan: (R. Irie, Sakimoto, S. Irie, Harada) 2011: Japan: (Irie, Tateishi, Kishida, Shioura)
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