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William Jeremiah Tuttle (February 21, 1882 – February 22, 1930) was an American freestyle
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 ...
and
water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
player who represented the United States at the
1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...
in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born in
Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
, and died in
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
. In the 1904 Olympics, he won silver medals as a member of the U.S. 4x50-yard freestyle relay team and as a member of Chicago Athletic Association water polo team. He also competed in the 200m obstacle course in the previous Olympic competition (
1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
), failing to place in the individual event.


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List of athletes with Olympic medals in different disciplines The List of athletes with Olympic medals in different sports is a list of athletes who have won medals in two different sports at the Olympic Games. The list This table is sorted by individual total gold medals. Table with arts competitions ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 metre ...


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* 1882 births 1930 deaths American male freestyle swimmers American male water polo players Olympic medalists in water polo Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic water polo players for the United States Swimmers from Chicago Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1904 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Chicago {{US-waterpolo-Olympic-medalist-stub