Wayne Richard Moore (November 20, 1931 – February 20, 2015) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Moore represented the United States at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with U.S. teammates

Bill Woolsey William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's ...

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and

Jimmy McLane James Price McLane Jr. (September 13, 1930 – December 13, 2020) was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and a world record-holder. Biography Representing the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Engla ...

. Individually, Moore also competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 1952 Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the event final. Moore was born in

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in 1931, the son of Richard F. and Mary S. Moore. He was a 1945 graduate of

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, and graduated from

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in 1953 with a degree in economics. Swimming for the

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under coach Bob Kiphuth, Moore won NCAA titles in the 220-yard freestyle in 1952 and 440-yard freestyle in 1953. After college, Moore was drafted in the

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and served during the

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. Moore's father had founded the

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, of Bridgeport, a tool and die maker. This specialised in ultra high-precision machine tools, such as

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s and

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s. Wayne went to work for this company in 1953 and in time became its president. In 1970 he authored the book ''Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy'', which is now seen as a standard text for the design of precise and stable machinery. He also became chairman of the National Machine Tool Builders Association (NMTB), the

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, and was a director of the American Precision Museum and the Bridgeport Engineering Institute. Moore died February 20, 2015; he was 83 years old.

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1931 births 2015 deaths American male freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Bridgeport, Connecticut Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming American mechanical engineers Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games Warren Harding High School alumni {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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