 Ronald Gora in 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ronald Francis Gora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Ron," "Ronnie" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1933-07-10)July 10, 1933 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 11, 2014(2014-03-11) (aged 80) Durand, Michigan, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Francis Gora (July 10, 1933 – March 11, 2014) was an American competitionswimmer andPan American Games champion. Gora was born inChicago, Illinois and attendedLane Tech High School in Chicago.[1] He remains tied withTom Jager and Brian Alden for the second most individual high school state championships won by a male in Illinois.
Gora won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay event at the1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongsideDick Cleveland,Burwell Jones andBill Heusner. Individually, he also received a Pan American Games silver medal for his second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle. Gora again represented the United States at the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he finished eighth in the final of the men's 100-meter freestyle with a time of 58.8 seconds. He attended theUniversity of Michigan, and swam for theMichigan Wolverines swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1952 to 1954. He was a member of Michigan's NCAA national championship teams in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 1953 and 1954.[2][3]
Gora had four sisters. On November 16, 1963, he married Maria Käppeler, they had one daughter and two sons. Gora had 2 daughters and 2 son's from a previous marriage.[4]
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