Bill Barrett (swimmer)
{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1960)}}
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| fullname = William Barrett
| nicknames = "Bill"
| national_team = {{USA}}
| strokes = Breaststroke, medley
| club = Cincinnati Marlins
| collegeteam = University of California, Los Angeles
| birth_date = 1960
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Guayaquil | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1983 Caracas | 200 m medley}}
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William Barrett (born 1960) is an American former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships. He was recognized as the Pacific-10 Conference swimmer of the year for three consecutive years.
Swimming
In 1980, he won a national title in the same event and set a new world record. He also qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 100-meter Breaststroke and 200-meter Individual Medley (setting a national record in the latter), but could not compete because of the United States-led boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The same year, Swimming World Magazine named him the American Swimmer of the Year.
Professional life
Barrett enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in NCAA competition from 1980 to 1982.
See also
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Category:American male breaststroke swimmers
Category:American male medley swimmers
Category:World record setters in swimming
Category:UCLA Bruins men's swimmers
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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