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| Full name | Ivan Cuthbert Stedman | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1895-04-13)13 April 1895 Oakleigh, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1979(1979-01-07) (aged 83) Prahran, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Ivan Cuthbert Stedman (13 April 1895 – 7 January 1979) was an Australianfreestyle andbreaststroke swimmer of the 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He was born inOakleigh, a suburb inMelbourne, Victoria.[1]
After being injured in theBattle of the Somme during the First World War, Stedman was selected to carry the flag forAustralasia at the Opening Ceremony of the1920 Summer Olympics (Australia and New Zealand sent a combined team). In the 100-metre freestyle, Stedman was eliminated in the semifinals but made the final of the 200-metre breaststroke, where he came last of the five finalists. In an all-Australian team, Stedman combined withHenry Hay,William Herald andFrank Beaurepaire to claim silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. The American team, led byDuke Kahanamoku, won by an extremely large margin of 21 seconds. Stedman also competed at the1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, with less success, where he was eliminated in the semifinal of the 100-metre freestyle and the heats of the 200-metre breaststroke. Stedman was a regular competitor in theRace to Prince's Bridge, the annual three-mile Yarra River swim. In 1952, he won the race at age 52 with a time of 1 hour, 24 minutes, 53 seconds.[2]
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