Leo Goodwin (swimmer)
 Goodwin c. 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Leo Joseph Goodwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Budd" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 13, 1883 New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 25, 1957 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leo Joseph Goodwin (November 13, 1883 – May 25, 1957) was an American swimmer, diver, and water polo player. He competed in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics and won medals in all three disciplines.[1][2]
Goodwin nearly lost his arm after blood poisoning in 1906. Dr. Dave Hennen, a swimmer from his club and a famous surgeon, dissected his entire forearm while cleaning it from poison, then re-assembled the veins, muscles and ligaments. Goodwin quickly recovered, but was unfit for the 1906 Olympics.[3]
At the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition Goodwin set an outdoor record by swimming 3.5 miles in 1 hour and 38 minutes in San Francisco Bay. He won by 200 yards. He later received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest peacetime award in the United States, for rescuing people from drowning at Newport News, Virginia. He retired from active competitions in 1922, but continued swimming through his seventies. In 1971 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer".[3]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of athletes with Olympic medals in different disciplines
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Budd Goodwin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Leo Goodwin". Olympedia. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Budd Goodwin". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
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- 1883 births
- 1957 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American male water polo players
- Divers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- American male divers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic divers for the United States
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Olympic water polo players for the United States
- Swimmers from New York City
- Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen