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| Full name | Nicholas True Sweetser | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 14, 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Nicholas "True" Sweetser (born October 14, 1997) is an American swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. [2] [3]
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