Richard Roth (swimmer)

Richard Roth (swimmer): Richard Roth
Personal information

Full name Richard William Roth

Nickname(s) "Dick"

Nationality United States

Born September 26, 1947 (1947-09-26) (age 64)
Palo Alto, California

Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight 84 kilograms (190 lb)

Sport

Sport Swimming

Stroke(s) Medley

Club Santa Clara Swim Club

College team Stanford University

Medal record

Men’s swimming

Competitor for the United States

Olympic Games

Gold 1964 Tokyo 400 m individual medley

Summer Universiade

Gold 1965 Budapest 400 m individual medley

Gold 1965 Budapest 4x200 m freestyle

Richard ("Dick") William Roth (born September 26, 1947 in Palo Alto, California) is a retired American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he won the gold medal in men's 400 m individual medley.^[1]

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^ Three days before his gold medal swim, Dick underwent an emergency appendectomy."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)

v · d · eOlympic 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

v · d · eSummer Universiade Champions in Men's 400 m Individual Medley

1965: Richard Roth (USA) • 1967: Peter Williams (USA) • 1970: Steve Power (USA) • 1973: Sergey Zacharov (URS) • 1977: András Hargitay (HUN) • 1979: Djan Madruga (BRA) • 1981: Sergey Fesenko (URS) • 1983: Alex Baumann (CAN) • 1985: Ricardo Prado (BRA) • 1987: Rob Woodhouse (AUS) • 1991: Takahiro Fujimoto (JPN) • 1993 – 1995: Iian Mull (USA) • 1997: Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN) • 1999: Beau Wiebel (USA) • 2001: Kevin Clements (USA) • 2003: Takahiro Mori (JPN) • 2005: Eric Shanteau (USA) • 2007: Pat Mellors (USA) • 2009: Mateusz Matczak (POL) 2011: László Cseh (HUN)

v · d · eSummer 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) •

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Name Roth, Richard

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Date of birth September 26, 1947

Place of birth Palo Alto, California

Date of death

Place of death

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Name	Roth, Richard
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Date of birth	September 26, 1947
Place of birth	Palo Alto, California
Date of death
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