Rodney Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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in Montreal, Quebec, where he received a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event."1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on May 2, 2008) He received a silver medal in the same event at the

1973 World Aquatics Championships The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973. Medal table Results Diving ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchroni ...

in Belgrade. Strachan held the long course world record in the 400-meter individual medley (4:23.68) from July 1976 to August 1978.

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* 1955 births Living people American male medley swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers from Santa Monica, California Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics USC Trojans men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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