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Boy Charlton
Australian swimmer (1907–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrew Murray "Boy" Charlton (12 August 1907 – 10 December 1975) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s who won a gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He set five world records and also won a further three silver and one bronze medal in his Olympic career.[1]
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Full name | Andrew Murray Charlton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Boy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1907-08-12)12 August 1907 Crows Nest, Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 December 1975(1975-12-10) (aged 68) Avalon, Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Manly Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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