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Full name | Donald Alexander Sheff | |||||||||||
Nickname | "Don" | |||||||||||
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Born | (1931-06-27)June 27, 1931 (age 93) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
Club | New Haven Swim Club | |||||||||||
College team | Yale University | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Donald Alexander Sheff (born June 27, 1931) is an American former competitionswimmer who represented the United States at the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1] He competed for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1][2] Sheff did not receive a medal, however, because under the 1952 Olympic swimming rules, relay swimmers who did not compete in the event final were not medal-eligible.
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