Gary J. Dilley (born January 15, 1945) is an American former 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 ...

and Olympic medalist. 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 received a silver medal in men's 200-meter backstroke, finishing second behind American teammate

Jed Graef Jed Richard Graef (born May 1, 1942) is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Graef grew up in Verona, New Jersey and learned the backstroke while competing with the Montclair ...

.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Gary Dilley
. Retrieved February 3, 1230.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games

. Retrieved February 3, 2013. Dilley set new Olympic records in the heats and semifinals, but Graef improved upon Dilley's records in the event's second semifinal and final. Dilley attended

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

, where he swam for the

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swimming and diving team. Dilley graduated from the Indiana University School of Dentistry, went on to earn a doctorate in orthodontics from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and then specialized in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics. He maintained his orthodontic practice in

Cary, North Carolina Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...

, and was formerly a faculty member at the UNC School of Dentistry.Dilley Orthodontics
About Dr. Dilley
. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

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– Official website of Dilley Orthodontics 1945 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers American male freestyle swimmers Michigan State Spartans men's swimmers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming People from Washington, D.C. Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade 20th-century American people {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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