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Bruce Furniss

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Bruce MacFarlane Furniss (born May 27, 1957) is a former American amateur competition swimmer, Olympic double gold medalist, and ten-time world record-holder in four events. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he won the Men's 200-meter Freestyle and was a member of the winning U.S. team in the Men's 4×200-meter Freestyle Relay, both in world record time. Furniss broke ten world and nineteen American records, and won eleven Amateur Athletic Union and six NCAA titles. Furniss was a proficient and successful individual medley swimmer, however it was his freestyle technique for which he is most often recognized and remembered. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Bruce Furniss is the 303rd most popular swimmer (down from 175th in 2024), the 16,059th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,980th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Bruce Furniss ranks 303 out of 709. Before him are Dagmar Hase, Denis Pankratov, Cornelia Sirch, Malcolm Champion, Daichi Suzuki, and Angel Martino. After him are Silvia Poll, Lukman Niode, Jon Olsen, Daniela Hunger, Anders Holmertz, and Teófilo Yldefonso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Bruce Furniss ranks 737. Before him are Mónika Lamperth, Ilene Chaiken, Keith Connor, Joseph Atiyeh, Reena Roy, and Leslie Browne. After him are David Weller, Steve Sampson, Nick Price, Richard M. Linnehan, Darryl Dawkins, and Katherine Freese.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Furniss ranks 16,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Angel Martino (1967), Catherine Cortez Masto (1964), Aaron Krickstein (1967), Chris Richards (2000), Cody Walker (1988), and Max Sandvoss (1980). After him are Ben Askren (1984), John R. Dilworth (1963), Chuck Stevenson (1919), Thom Tillis (1960), T-Pain (1985), and Wynonna Judd (1964).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Bruce Furniss ranks 112. Before him are Tiffany Cohen (1966), Mike Bruner (1956), John Naber (1956), Martín López-Zubero (1969), Sharon Wichman (1952), and Angel Martino (1967). After him are Jon Olsen (1969), Dara Torres (1967), George DiCarlo (1963), Ryan Lochte (1984), Robert Finke (1999), and Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962).

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