Rod Strachan

Rod Strachan
Personal information
Full name Rodney Strachan
Nickname(s) "Rod"
National team  United States
Born (1955-10-16) October 16, 1955
Santa Monica, California
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
Club Fullerton Area Swim Club
College team University of Southern California

Rodney Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he received a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event.[1] He received a silver medal in the same event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
Records
Preceded by

Zoltán Verrasztó		 Men's 400-meter individual medley
world record-holder (long course)
July 25, 1976 – August 4, 1978 		Succeeded by

Jesse Vassallo


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