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Paul Wyatt

Personal information
Full name	Paul H. Wyatt
National team	United States
Born	(1907-02-27)February 27, 1907 Brier Hill, Pennsylvania
Died	December 15, 1970(1970-12-15) (aged 63) Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Uniontown YMCA
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1924 Paris 100 m backstroke 1928 Amsterdam 100 m backstroke

Paul H. Wyatt (February 27, 1907 – December 15, 1970) was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. Wyatt represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

He was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in the small coal-mining community of Brier Hill, Pennsylvania.

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Four years later, in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke for his third-place finish in the event.

Wyatt's middle name was "Knuth", which was his wife's maiden name. When he was married to then Juanita Knuth, he did not have a middle name. He took his wife's maiden name as his middle name. He also became a radiographer working in Nevada. His job led to his death of lymphoma.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. "Paul Wyatt". Olympedia. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

External links

• Paul Wyatt – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com

v t e 1924 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Dick Howell Duke Kahanamoku Samuel Kahanamoku Warren Kealoha Bill Kirschbaum Henry Luning Wally O'Connor Bob Skelton Adam Smith Lester Smith Johnny Weissmuller Paul Wyatt
Women's Team	Sybil Bauer Florence Chambers Eleanor Coleman Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Agnes Geraghty Ethel Lackie Martha Norelius Aileen Riggin Matilda Scheurich Helen Wainwright Mariechen Wehselau

v t e 1928 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Tom Blankenburg Austin Clapp Buster Crabbe George Kojac Walter Laufer Ray Ruddy Paul Samson Johnny Weissmuller Paul Wyatt David Young
Women's team	Jane Fauntz Eleanor Garatti Agnes Geraghty Marian Gilman Margaret Hoffman Eleanor Holm Susan Laird Adelaide Lambert Lisa Lindstrom Ethel McGary Josephine McKim Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich

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