Edward Stickles

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| caption = Stickles in 1962

| fullname = Edward Arnold Stickles

| nicknames = "Ted"

| nationality = American

| strokes = Medley swimming

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| collegeteam = Indiana University

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

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Edward Arnold "Ted" Stickles (born April 7, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1998.

Swimming career

Stickles swam with James Counsilman's Indiana University team from 1962 to 1965. At one point during his career, he and his roommate, Chet Jastremski, held a total of seven world records. He broke a total of nine world records in the individual medley in the early 1960s.

=Records=

Four world records – 400m individual medley
Eight U.S. National AAU Championships – 200 m individual medley, 400m individual medley

Coaching career

Stickles was the head swimming coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini swimming team at the University of Illinois. He was also head coach of the LSU Tigers (1973–1980) and LSU Lady Tigers (1980) swimming and diving teams at Louisiana State University.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/lsuathletics/docs/1718swimdive_guide-finalbook|title=2017–18 LSU Swimming and Diving Media Guide|date=February 13, 2018 |publisher=LSU Athletics Department|page=22|accessdate=2018-07-31}}

Personal life

Stickles now resides in Louisiana with wife and two children. His sister Terri is a former Olympic swimmer. Ted developed tendinitis in his elbow and consequently missed the 1964 Olympics – otherwise Ted and Terri would have been the first brother and sister to make an Olympic team.

References

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[http://www.ishof.org/edward-ted-stickles-(usa).html Edward "Ted" Stickles (USA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905172542/http://ishof.org/edward-ted-stickles-(usa).html |date=September 5, 2015 }}. International Swimming Hall of Fame

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310060800/http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/trads/ind-trads-hof-1998.html Class of 1998]. Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame website

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| before=Dennis Rounsaville

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

| years=July 1, 1961 – May 24, 1962

| after=Gerhard Hetz

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{{succession box

| before=Gerhard Hetz

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

| years=June 30, 1962 – October 12, 1963

| after=Gerhard Hetz