Dick Blick

Personal information
Full name	Richard Adolph Blick
Nickname	"Dick"
National team	United States
Born	(1940-07-29) July 29, 1940 (age 83) Los Angeles, California
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	North Central Swim Club
College team	North Central College
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4x200 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 4x200m freestyle

Richard Adolph Blick (born July 29, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He competed in North Central College Swim Club. He later competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Blick taught math and physical education for a number of years at Lynbrook High School in Cupertino California and in Kingsburg, California. He also was the principal in the 80s at Los Gatos Christian; he is now retired with his wife, Shirley, in San Jose, California.^[1]

See also[edit]

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Blick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-01.