William Barrett (born 1960)
[ is an American former competition ]swimmer
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who won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships
The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines:
*Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female);
*Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 1 ...
.[ He was recognized as the ]Pacific-10 Conference
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swimmer of the year for three consecutive years.
Swimming
In 1980, he won a national title in the same event and set a new world record. He also qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
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in the 100-meter Breaststroke and 200-meter Individual Medley (setting a national record in the latter), but could not compete because of the United States-led boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[ The same year, '']Swimming World Magazine
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'' named him the American Swimmer of the Year.[
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Professional life
Barrett enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles
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(UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore
Ron "Stix" Ballatore (1941 – April 27, 2012) was an American college and international swimming coach. From 1978 to 1994, Ballatore was the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCL ...
's UCLA Bruins
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swimming and diving team in NCAA competition from 1980 to 1982.
See also
* List of University of California, Los Angeles people
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Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
* Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
* Richard F. Heck – r ...
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* World record progression 200 metres individual medley
The first world record in the 200 metres individual medley in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Ang ...
References
1960 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
American male medley swimmers
World record setters in swimming
UCLA Bruins men's swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming
20th-century American sportsmen
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