Thomas George Trethewey (born May 8, 1944) is an American former competition
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 ...
.
Trethewey was born in
Gary, Indiana.
[Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes]
Tom Trethewey
Retrieved October 27, 2012. He trained with coach
George Haines
George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a swimmer and swimming coach who coached at the Santa Clara Swim Club, Stanford University and UCLA. He also coached for seven U.S. Olympic swim teams. He was inducted into the In ...
of the
Santa Clara Swim Club. He later attended
Indiana University, where he swam for coach
Doc Counsilman
James Edward "Doc" Counsilman (December 28, 1920 – January 4, 2004)
P ...
's
Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1963 to 1965.
Trethewey represented the United States at the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
in Tokyo.
[ He competed in the semifinals of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, recording the ninth-best overall time of 2:34.5.][Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games]
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke Semi-Finals
Retrieved October 27, 2012.
See also
* List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
References
External links
Tom Trethewey
– Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
1944 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the United States
Sportspeople from Gary, Indiana
Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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