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Peter Fick

Fick in 1939
Personal information
Full name	Peter Joseph Fick
National team	United States
Born	(1913-12-12)December 12, 1913
Died	August 10, 1980(1980-08-10) (aged 66) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	New York Athletic Club

Peter Joseph Fick (December 12, 1913 – August 10, 1980) was an American competition swimmer and former world record-holder in two events.

Fick represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He was the world record-holder and pre-race favorite, but finished sixth overall in the event final of the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 59.7 seconds. In 1978 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Fick was married to actress Bess Johnson. And prior to that, Donna Damerel.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• World record progression 100 metres freestyle
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

References

1. Peter Joseph Fick Find A Grave
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Fick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle Final". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
4. Peter Fick (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
5. Kerr, Adelaide (February 27, 1942). "Busy Besses Clean up on Soap Operas". Freeport Journal-Standard. Illinois, Freeport. Wide World Features. p. 7. Retrieved December 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e 1936 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Jim Cristy Taylor Drysdale Peter Fick Ralph Flanagan Ralph Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf
Women's team	Alice Bridges Iris Cummings Mavis Freeman Ann Govednik Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Edith Motridge Mary Lou Petty Katherine Rawls Elizabeth Ryan Dorothy Schiller Lenore Wingard

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