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Daniel Lee Harrigan (born October 29, 1955) is an American former backstroke swimmer. At the 1975 Pan American Games he won the 200 m backstroke event, but also contracted
hepatitis Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pa ...
and had to stop training for several months. He managed to recover by the 1976 Olympics and won there a bronze medal in the same event. Harrigan studied architecture at
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
, where he swam for the
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swimming and diving team in
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(NCAA) and
Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC) competition from 1973 to 1976.


See also

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List of North Carolina State University people The list of North Carolina State University people includes all alumni, faculty, and chief executives of North Carolina State University. Alumni, faculty, and former students Academics * Annie Antón (professor 1998–2012), professor of soft ...
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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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1955 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers NC State Wolfpack men's swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from South Bend, Indiana Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub