Gwynne Evans (September 3, 1880 – January 12, 1965), an American competition
swimmer
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and
water-polo player, represented the
United States at the
1904 Summer Olympics
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At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, he won two bronze medals as a member of the third-placed American team in the
4x50-yard freestyle relay, and as a member of the third-placed
Missouri Athletic Club
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team in the Olympic
water-polo tournament.
See also
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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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1880 births
1965 deaths
American male freestyle swimmers
American male water polo players
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
Olympic medalists in water polo
Olympic water polo players of the United States
Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
20th-century American people
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