David Ashley Fox (born February 25, 1971) is an American former competition

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who won a gold medal at the

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held in Atlanta. He was also a four-time gold medalist at the

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, also known as the Summer Universiade. Fox attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School in

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. He swam at

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in Raleigh, where he won seven

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championships in individual events and one

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national championship. He also won eight Atlantic Coast Conference titles in relay events. As an undergraduate at NCSU, he was mentored by North Carolina State swimming Coach Don Easterling who led the team from 1971 to 1995. Later, after receiving his master's degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, he swam under the direction of North Carolina Head Coach Frank Comfort. At UNC, he also served as an Assistant Coach under Head Coach Comfort.

International competition

In international competition, Fox captured gold medals in the 4x100 free at Pan Pacific Championships in both 1993 and 1995. He took another gold at the 1993 Universiade in the 4x100 free, and another medley relay gold at the Universiade. At the 1993 World Championships he competed successfully for a silver medal in the 4x100 free. Individually at the 1993 Universiade, he also won the 50 and 100 freestyles. He won a 50 freestyle silver at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1995 and later took a bronze in the 50 freestyle event at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1997. Later settling with his family in Atlanta, Georgia after competing in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he served in a position with

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as a managing director.

Honors

As a Raleigh, North Carolina native who attended North Carolina State near his hometown, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on May 6, 2016.

References

External links

April 2020 David Fox Biography and Olympic Results

Lohse, Dave, 7 Jan 2022, A Golden Era of Tar Heel Swimming

Olympedia Bio, David Fox
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International competition

Honors

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