Raymond Comstock Thorne (April 29, 1887 – January 10, 1921) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] In the 1904 Olympics he won a silver medal as a member of American 4×50 yard freestyle relay team and was sixth in the 50 yards swimming. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in a car crash in Los Angeles, California.[2]
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| Full name | Raymond Comstock Thorne | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Ray" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 29, 1887 Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 10, 1921 (aged 33) Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Chicago Athletic Association | ||||||||||||||
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edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raymond Thorne Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ^ "Raymond Thorne". Olympedia. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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