Frederick Holman (swimmer)
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Full name | Frederick Holman | ||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Dawlish, England | 9 February 1883||||||||||||||
Died | 23 January 1913 Exeter, England | (aged 29)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dawlish Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederick Holman (9 February 1883 – 23 January 1913) was an English competitive swimmer from Dawlish, Devon, England.[2] Holman represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke event and did not compete in any other events.[3]
He died of typhoid fever in Exeter in January 1913, aged 29. He was married but had no children. Holman is an "Honor Swimmer" member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[4]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
References
[edit]- ^ Frederick Holman at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ Dawlish Swimming Club, Dawlish Club History Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Fred Holman Archived September 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Frederick Holman (GBR)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1913 deaths
- English male breaststroke swimmers
- British male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Deaths from typhoid fever in the United Kingdom
- People from Dawlish
- Sportspeople from Devon
- British swimming Olympic medallist stubs