David Fox (swimmer)
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| Full name | David Ashley Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 25, 1971 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | YOTA Swim Team (Capital Y) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Ashley Fox (born February 25, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. He was also a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games.[1]
Fox attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] He swam at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he won seven Atlantic Coast Conference championships and one NCAA national championship. Later, after receiving his Masters at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, he swam under the direction of University of North Carolina Head Coach Frank Comfort.[2][3][4]
Fox was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on May 6, 2016.
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- ^ a b "David Fox Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ^ "North Carolina State University :: Board of Visitors". Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ "Lohse, Dave, 7 Jan 2022, A Golden Era of Tar Heel Swimming". University of North Carolina.
- ^ "University of North Carolina Olympic Participants". Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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