James McConica (born December 19, 1950) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder.[1] McConica won two gold medals at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, including the men's 400-meter freestyle, and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.[2] He also received a Pan Am silver medal for his second-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle. The American gold medal team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay set a new world record of 7:45.8. McConica holds numerous freestyle senior swimming world records in all four age brackets from 50–54 to 65–69.[3]
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Full name | James McConica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Jim" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | December 19, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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edit- ^ Nestel, M.L. (December 5, 2017). "Man loses world record swimming medal in California blaze". ABC News.
- ^ "Profil" (PDF). usmsswimmer. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ "Three More Masters World Records For Jim McConica In Carlsbad". Swimming World Magazine. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.