Thompson Mann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1942
Place of Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 04-Apr-2019
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Thompson Mann
- Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.
- He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S.
- team in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
- Mann and his relay teammates Bill Craig (breaststroke), Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and Steve Clark set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds).In 1965 Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd.
- He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
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