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Full name | Michael Raab | ||||||||
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Born | Washington, D.C. | December 28, 1982||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||
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Michael Raab (born December 28, 1982) is a male butterfly swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly event at the 2003 Pan American Games. Born in Washington, D.C. he broke the 200m fly meet record at that tournament.
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