Mike Troy

Mike Troy, born Michael Francis Troy in 1940 and died in 2019, was an American competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion and world record holder in three events. He trained under Doc Counsilman at Indiana University, and his peak came in 1959 and 1960. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won gold with the United States in the men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay and gold in the 200 metre butterfly, his signature event, and he broke the world record in that event six times in a row before Carl Robie took it in 1961. He entered the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1971, served in the United States Navy as an Underwater Demolition Team member in Vietnam, and later worked as a swim coach and administrator.