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Allen Stack

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Allen Stack
Personal information
Full nameAllen McIntyre Stack
National team United States
Born(1928-01-23)January 23, 1928
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 12, 1999(1999-09-12) (aged 71)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamYale University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London 100 m backstroke
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1951 Buenos Aires 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1951 Buenos Aires 3×100 m medley

Allen McIntyre Stack (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Stack won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1] Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He placed fourth in the final of the same event.[1]

Stack attended Yale University, where he swam for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1947 to 1949. He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1956. He practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii until 1998.[2]

Stack was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1979.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Allen Stack. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Frank Litsky, "Allen Stack, 71, a Swimmer Who Broke 6 World Records," The New York Times (September 19, 1999). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Allen Stack (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
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