Charlie Hickcox

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Charlie Hickcox

| image = Charlie Hickcox 1968.jpg

| image_size = 200

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Charles Buchanan Hickcox

| nicknames = "Charlie"

| national_team = United States

| strokes = Backstroke, freestyle, individual medley

| club = Bloomington Swim Club

| collegeteam = Indiana University

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|2|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|6|14|1947|2|6|mf=y}}

| death_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| height = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|176|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

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Charles Buchanan Hickcox (February 6, 1947 – June 14, 2010) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in six events.

Career

Hickcox was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Indiana University, and swam for the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1967 to 1969. He won a total of seven individual NCAA national championships while swimming for Hoosiers coach Doc Counsilman.Indiana Hoosiers 2006–07 Men's Swimming & Diving, [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/0607-mg-section6history.pdf History & Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112143820/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/0607-mg-section6history.pdf |date=November 12, 2012 }}, Indiana University Athletic Department, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 82 (2006). Retrieved October 11, 2012.

The peak of Hickcox's swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records in the space of sixteen months. He received four medals (three gold and one silver) at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won gold medals in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events (setting an Olympic record in the 200-meter), and another gold as a member of the world record-setting U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also added a silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html Charlie Hickcox] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403091100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |date=April 3, 2010 }}. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968, and inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182932/http://ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |title=Charles Hickcox (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=April 12, 2015}} He was married to Olympic diver Lesley Bush, but they later divorced.

He died from cancer on June 14, 2010, in San Diego at the age of 63.Charles Buchanan "Charlie" Hickcox II Obituary [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=charles-buchanan-hickcox-charlie&pid=143818831 Charlie Hickcox]. Retrieved February 11, 2015."[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/24346.asp Passages: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Charlie Hickcox, 63]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," Swimming World Magazine (June 15, 2010). Retrieved October 11, 2012.

References

External links

{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |title=Charlie Hickcox |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403091100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/charlie-hickcox-1.html |archive-date=2010-04-03 |url-status=dead}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182932/http://ishof.org/charles-hickcox-(usa).html Charles Hickcox (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame]
[http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhptst/051603/text/doc.html Indiana University Archives]

{{Succession box

| before = Doug Russell

| title = Men's 100-meter backstroke
world record-holder (long course)

| years = August 28, 1967 – September 21, 1967

| after = Roland Matthes

}}

{{Succession box

| before = Gary Hall, Sr.

| title = Men's 400-meter individual medley
world record-holder (long course)

| years = August 30, 1968 – July 11, 1969

| after = Gary Hall, Sr.

}}