Felix Jeffrey Farrell (born February 28, 1937) is an American former competition
swimmer
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, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple relay events.
Farrell won a gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 1959
Pan American Games
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in Chicago. In 1960, six days after having an appendectomy, Farrell qualified at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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1960 Olympic Games The 1960 Olympics may refer to:
*The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States
*The 1960 Summer Olympics
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in Rome, where he received gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the
4×100-meter medley relay and the
4×200-meter freestyle relay.
["1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy– Swimming"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 30, 2008)
Farrell is a multiple
U.S. Masters Swimming
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world-record holder, and has held the fastest national times in his age group in dozens of events over past decades. He was photographed for and featured in ESPN's "The Body" issue in 2010.
Farrell was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
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in 1968,
and the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2011. He is the only swimmer to be inducted in both halls.
He set world records for Masters Swimming up until 2011. He has written a book about his Olympic experiences titled ''My Olympic Story, Rome 1960''.
Home
Vintage Team Press. Retrieved on 2015-10-19.
See also
* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ...
* 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 ...
* List of Yale University people
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ...
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres medley relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each o ...
* World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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References
External links
Jeff Farrell
– Biography at VintageTeamPress.com
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1937 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Swimmers from Detroit
Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games