Virgil William Luken (born September 12, 1942) is an American former competition
swimmer.
Luken represented the United States at the
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
[Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes]
Virgil Luken
Retrieved October 25, 2012. He swam for the breaststroke leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the qualifying heats of the
men's 4×100-meter medley relay.
[ He did not receive a medal, however. Under the 1964 swimming rules, he was ineligible to receive a medal because he swam in the preliminary heats and not the event final.][John Ewoldt,]
Minnesotans recall their days of Olympics glory
" ''Star Tribune'' (July 26, 2012). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
Luken attended the University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
, where he swam for the Minnesota Golden Gophers
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swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) competition from 1962 to 1964.
See also
* List of University of Minnesota people
References
External links
Virgil Luken
– Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
1942 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the United States
Sportspeople from Minneapolis
Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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