Bill Woolsey

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William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal.[1] Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver medal.[2] Woolsey was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Woolsey died on June 25, 2022 in California at the age of 87.[3]

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4×200 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 4×200 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  3. Tsai, Stephen (June 29, 2022) (in en-US). Olympic gold medalist and McKinley graduate Bill Woolsey enjoyed teaching his love of swimming, dies at 87. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/29/sports/bill-woolsey-1934-2022-olympic-gold-medalist-enjoyed-teaching-his-love-of-swimming/. Retrieved June 29, 2022.