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Cecil Healy
Australian swimmer (1881–1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecil Patrick Healy (28 November 1881 – 29 August 1918) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100 m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[1] He also won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He was killed in the First World War at the Somme during an attack on a German trench. Healy was the second swimmer behind Frederick Lane to represent Australia in Swimming and has been allocated the number "2" by Swimming Australia on a list of all Australians who have represented Australia at an Open International Level.
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Full name | Cecil Patrick Healy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1881-11-28)28 November 1881 Darlinghurst, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 August 1918(1918-08-29) (aged 36) Somme, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | East Sydney ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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