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Mike Troy

1940 - 2019

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Michael Francis Troy (October 3, 1940 – August 3, 2019) was an American competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events. The peak of Troy's swimming career occurred between 1959 and 1960 while he was coached by Doc Counsilman of the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team at Indiana University. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Individually, he won a second gold with his first-place finish in the men's 200-meter butterfly—his signature event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Troy is the 6th most popular swimmer (up from 182nd in 2019), the 2,961st most popular biography from United States (up from 12,364th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Mike Troy ranks 6 out of 709. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller, Gertrude Ederle, Mark Spitz, Alfréd Hajós, and Michael Phelps. After her are Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Duke Kahanamoku, Charlie Hickcox, Wally Ris, and Frederick Holman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mike Troy ranks 163. Before her are Jimmy Greaves, Ira von Fürstenberg, Jimmy Ellis, Jeffrey Archer, Adel Emam, and Just Jaeckin. After her are Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Chromý, Graham Allison, Pedro Rodríguez, Gloria Leonard, and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. Among people deceased in 2019, Mike Troy ranks 128. Before her are Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, Andrés Gimeno, Anatoly Lukyanov, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Patrick Sercu. After her are Dawda Jawara, Prosper Grech, Ken Kercheval, Ken Matthews, Harold Bloom, and Tommy Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Troy ranks 2,961 out of 20,380. Before her are Jim Davis (1909), Steve Fossett (1944), Charlie Baker (1956), GZA (1966), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), and Tony Sirico (1942). After her are Ralph Waite (1928), Charles Greene (1945), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Lil Jon (1971), Joseph Dunford (1955), and Elbridge Gerry (1744).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Mike Troy ranks 4. Before her are Gertrude Ederle (1905), Mark Spitz (1950), and Michael Phelps (1985). After her are Jimmy McLane (1930), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Charlie Hickcox (1947), Wally Ris (1924), Doug Russell (1946), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Bill Mulliken (1939), and Ken Huszagh (1891).

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