Michael MacKay Austin (born August 26, 1943) is a retired American swimmer. He represented the United States at the

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in Tokyo, Japan, and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with teammates

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and

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, setting a new world record of 3:33.2. Individually, he placed sixth in the

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with a time of 54.5 seconds. Austin attended

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, where he swam for coach Phil Moriarty's

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team in

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(NCAA) and

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competition from 1962 to 1964. He graduated from Yale with his bachelor's degree in 1964. Austin donated his Olympic gold medal to his alma mater in 2006.

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* * * * 1943 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from West Orange, New Jersey Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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