Thompson Mann
Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Harold Thompson Mann | |||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||
| Born | December 1, 1942 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | April 4, 2019 (aged 76) Amesbury, Massachusetts | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Country Club of Virginia North Carolina Athletic Club New Jersey Swim Association | |||||||||||
| College team | University of North Carolina | |||||||||||
| Coach | Pat Earey (North Carolina) Bob Alexander (New Jersey Swim Assoc.) | |||||||||||
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Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimmer for the University of North Carolina, a 1964 Tokyo Olympic 4x100-meter medley swimming gold medalist, and a world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. After graduating pre-med from North Carolina, he went to the medical school of Virginia, and completed a residency and practice in San Francisco. In 1984 he returned to his home state to establish a practice in internal medicine in the greater Richmond area.