Bowen Stassforth
American swimmer · United States · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1926 to 2019 · aged 93
Bowen Dow Stassforth was an American competition swimmer who swam for the University of Iowa and won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1952 Olympics. He set two world records in the 200-yard breaststroke, and one world record in the 100 meter breaststroke.
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After retiring from his swimming career, he worked over fifty years in his family insurance business, and lived most of the remainder of his life in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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Lived 1926 to 2019 · aged 93
