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Full name | Ross Elliott Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | October 17, 1947||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Princeton Aquatic Association | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Princeton University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross Elliott Wales (born October 17, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic Games medalist. He represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a bronze medal in the men's 100-meter butterfly, finishing behind compatriots Doug Russell and Mark Spitz. [1] [2]
Wales was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004. [3]
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