Gregory Fenton Buckingham (July 29, 1945 – November 11, 1990) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events. Buckingham was born in

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, and attended

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in Atherton, California. He was one of two older brothers of

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. Their father Morris ran a coffee plant near

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. Greg enrolled in

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, and swam for the Stanford Indians swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. Glory days: A new exhibit at history museum recalls the golden days of sports stars in the area
" ''The Almanac'' (December 3, 2003). Retrieved December 29, 2014. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley, finishing second with a time of 2:13.0.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Greg Buckingham
. Retrieved December 29, 2014. His second-place performance completed an American sweep of the event with Charlie Hickcox winning the gold medal (2:12.0) and John Ferris taking the bronze (2:13.3). He also competed in the 400-meter individual medley and was judged to have finished fourth in the event final, even though his clock time was the same as the bronze medalist (4:51.4).Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games
Men's 400 metres Individual Medley Final
. Retrieved December 29, 2014. Buckingham died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 45.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckingham, Greg 1945 births 1990 deaths American male medley swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Riverside, California Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Lindsey Buckingham 20th-century American people

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