Doug Northway

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Doug Northway
Personal information
Full nameDouglas Dale Northway
Nickname(s)"Doug"
National teamUnited States
Born (1955-04-28) April 28, 1955 (age 68)
Ontario, California
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubOasis Aquatic Club
College team University of Arizona
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1972 Munich 1500 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Mexico City 400 m freestyle

Douglas Dale Northway (born April 28, 1955) is an American former swimmer, who represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games.

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Olympics

He did not receive a medal for his 1976 relay effort, however, because only relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the rules then in effect.

Convictions

Plead Guilty to "attempted child molestation" in April 1997, "Doug Northway, 42, was charged in January with two counts of child molestation for allegedly molesting the girl in the summer of 1995. Those charges were dropped after he pleaded guilty in April to attempting to molest the girl, court records show." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Doug Northway Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Olympian pleads guilty to attempted molesting - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993-2009)". tucsoncitizen.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.


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