Ken Huszagh
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| Full name | Kenneth Arthur Huszagh | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 3, 1891 Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 11, 1950 (aged 58) Delray Beach, Florida | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chicago Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Northwestern University | |||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Arthur Huszagh (September 3, 1891 – January 11, 1950) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
Huszagh was born in Chicago; his paternal immigrant ancestor came from the Austria-Hungary Empire (now Slovakia). He was nicknamed "Ken" as a boy and attended local schools in Chicago. He became active as a competitive swimmer in the Chicago Athletic Club. He attended Northwestern University, where he competed as a swimmer on their Wildcats team.
Huszagh made the 1912 US Olympics team and competed in the 100-meter freestyle, in which he won a bronze medal. He also was a member of the United States' 4×200-meter freestyle relay team, which won a silver medal. For a time, he held a world record in swimming.
Huszagh was later involved in the founding of the town of Kildeer, Illinois, along with the help of his family. He later became an executive with the American Mineral Spirits Company of New York and rose to president of that company before retiring.[2] He moved to Delray Beach, Florida.
See also
[edit]- List of Northwestern University alumni
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
[edit]- ^ "Ken Huszagh". Olympedia. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Ken Huszagh, Sports-Reference.com
External links
[edit]- Ken Huszagh – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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