William Norval Craig (January 16, 1945 – January 1, 2017) was an American competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He represented the United States at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal by swimming the

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

leg for the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. Craig and his teammates

Thompson Mann Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimming (sport), swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold med ...

( backstroke),

Fred Schmidt Frederick Weber Schmidt (born October 23, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer. He was Olympic champion in 4×100 m medley in 1964, and bronze medallist in 200 m butterfly. He is a former world record-holder in men's 100-meter butterf ...

( butterfly) and

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(freestyle) set a new medley relay world record of 3:58.4."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 29, 2008) Craig attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team. He graduated in 1967.USC OLYMPIANS: 1904-2008
, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 26, 2008. Craig was last married to Patty Craig, with whom he had a son Christian; he also has a son Rick and daughter Kimber from a previous marriage.Bill Craig's obituary
ocregister.com

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* 1945 births 2017 deaths American male breaststroke swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Sportspeople from Culver City, California Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics USC Trojans men's swimmers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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