William Wilder Heusner, Jr. (June 28, 1927 – August 9, 2002) was an American competition

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and

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champion. Heusner represented the United States at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London, England. He competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 400-meter freestyle and finished eighth in the final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle. At the

1951 Pan American Games The 1951 Pan American Games (the I Pan American Games) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where official ...

, Heusner won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle. He was also a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside relay teammates Dick Cleveland,

Burwell Jones Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion. Career At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 ...

, and

Ronald Gora Ronald Francis Gora (July 10, 1933 – March 11, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion. Gora was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Lane Tech High School in Chicago. He remains tied with Tom Jager and Bri ...

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* 1927 births 2002 deaths American male freestyle swimmers Evanston Township High School alumni Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Swimmers from Chicago Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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