Lincoln Norman William Hurring (15 September 1931 – 21 April 1993) was a

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 ...

from New Zealand. He won two silver medals at the

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, in the 110 yards backstroke and in the 330 yards medley relay. He also competed in the 100 m backstroke at the

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and

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. Hurring became a swimming coach, and gave TV commentaries on several Olympics. Hurring was born in Dunedin in 1931. In 1957 he married fellow swimmer Jean Stewart, who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 100 metres backstroke in 1952. Their son,

Gary Hurring Gary Norman Hurring (born 10 October 1961 in Auckland) is a former swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the men's 200 metres backstroke. He gained silver in the same event at the 1978 World Aquati ...

, also became an Olympic swimmer, and their daughter Kim, a television reporter. In the 1950s, Hurring was a student at the University of Iowa on an athletic scholarship, while competing for the university's

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swimming and diving team. While at Iowa he won several NCAA, Big Ten Conference and U.S. national open backstroke titles. In 2001 he was inducted into the University of Iowa Hall of Fame. From 1954 Hurring and Jean Stewart coached swimming at Three Kings School in Auckland, and in 1975 they moved to the Takapuna Municipal Pool. In 1993, aged 61, Hurring collapsed and died on Milford Beach, Auckland from a heart attack.''New Zealand Herald''. 22 April 1993. p. 3.

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