William Danforth Mulliken (1939 to 2014) was an American breaststroke swimmer, born in Urbana, Illinois, who won the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1960 Rome Olympics despite being ranked only seventeenth in the world beforehand, setting an Olympic record of 2:37.2. He had earlier won the 200 metres at the 1959 Pan American Games and swam for Miami University in Ohio, where he was its first NCAA and Olympic swimming champion and set 15 school records. A member of the swimming Hall of Fame, he later practised law in Chicago and served for twenty years as president of the Chicago Masters Swim Club.
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William Danforth Mulliken (August 27, 1939 – July 17, 2014) was a Hall of Fame American competition swimmer who attended Miami University in Oxford and was a 1960 Rome Olympic champion in the men's 200-meter breaststroke.
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William Danforth Mulliken (August 27, 1939, July 17, 2014) was a Hall of Fame American competition swimmer who attended Miami University in Oxford and was a 1960 Rome Olympic champion in the men's 200-meter breaststroke.
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He later practiced law in Chicago, and served as a twenty-year President of the Chicago Masters Swim Club.
Competed In: 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome Olympics
Mulliken captured a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:37.2, a new Olympic record.
Competed In: Pan American Games, Early life
Mulliken represented the United States at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he captured a gold medal winning the 200-meter breaststroke
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