Charles Hickcox 

Charles Hickcox
Personal information
Full name: Charles Buchanan Hickcox
Nickname(s): "Charlie"
Nationality:  United States
Stroke(s): Medley and backstroke
Club: Bloomington Swim Club
College team: Indiana University (Bloomington)
Date of birth: February 6, 1947 (1947-02-06) (age 61)
Place of birth: Phoenix, Arizona
Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight: 80 kilograms (180 lb)

Charles Hickcox (born February 6, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American swimmer who won four medals (three gold and one silver) at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968 and admitted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976. He was married to Olympic diver Lesley Bush, though they later divorced.

References

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Olympic Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley

1968: Charles Hickcox | 1972: Gunnar Larsson | 1984: Alex Baumann | 1988: Tamás Darnyi | 1992: Tamás Darnyi | 1996: Attila Czene | 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino | 2004: Michael Phelps | 2008: Michael Phelps
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Olympic Champions in Men's 400 m Individual Medley

1964: Richard Roth | 1968: Charles Hickcox | 1972: Gunnar Larsson | 1976: Rod Strachan | 1980: Aleksandr Sidorenko | 1984: Alex Baumann | 1988: Tamás Darnyi | 1992: Tamás Darnyi | 1996: Tom Dolan | 2000: Tom Dolan | 2004: Michael Phelps | 2008: Michael Phelps
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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960 USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964 USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968 USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972 USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976 USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980 Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984 USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988 USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992 USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996 USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000 USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) | 2008 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
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Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke
1951: Allen Stack (USA) | 1955: Frank McKinney (USA) | 1959: Frank McKinney (USA) | 1963: Ed Bartsch (USA) | 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) | 1971: Mel Nash (USA) | 1975: Peter Rocca (USA) | 1979: Bob Jackson (USA) | 1983: Rick Carey (USA) | 1987: Andrew Gill (USA) | 1991: Andrew Gill (USA) | 1995: Jeff Rouse (USA) | 1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) | 2003: Peter Marshall (USA) | 2007: Randall Bal (USA)
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Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

 1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) •  1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) •  1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) •  1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) •  1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) •  1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) •  1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) •  1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) •  1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) •  1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) •  1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) •  1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) •  1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) •  2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) •  2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke

 1959: Gilberto Elsa (ITA) •  1961: Shunsuke Fukushima (JPN) •  1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) •  1970: Mitch Ivey (USA) •  1973: David Johnson (USA) •  1977: Romulo Arantes (BRA) •  1979: Mark Kerry (AUS) •  1981: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) •  1983: Mike West (CAN) •  1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) •  1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) •  1991: Deke Botsford (CAN) •  1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) •  1995: Kurt Jachimowski (USA) •  1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) •  1999: Simon Thirsk (RSA) •  2001: Peter Marshall (USA) •  2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) •  2005: Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) •  2007: Helge Meeuw (GER)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

 1959: Italy: Unknown  •  1961: Not Held  •  1963: Not Held  •  1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman) •  1967: USA: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie) •  1970: USA: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl) •  1973: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1977: USA: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula) •  1979: USA: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp) •  1981: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1983: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1985: USA: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi) •  1987: USA: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen) •  1991: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1993: USA: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube) •  1995: USA: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher) •  1997: USA: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver) •  1999: USA: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin) •  2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo) •  2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshev, Prilukov) •  2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio) •  2007: USA: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh)
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

 1959: Italy: Unknown  •  1961: Japan: Unknown  •  1963: Hungary: Unknown  •  1965: USA: (Mann, Tretheway, Riker, Roth) •  1967: USA: (Hickcox, Merten, Russell, Walsh) •  1970: USA: (Ivey, Shilling, Ferris, Heckl) •  1973: USA: (Johnson, Chatfield, Poucher, Knox) •  1977: USA: (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna) •  1979: USA: (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom, Peppas) •  1981: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1983: Soviet Union: Unknown  •  1985: USA: (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet, O'Neil, McCadam) •  1987: USA: (Berkoff, Torres, Mortenson, Hansen) •  1991: USA: (Hansen, Kutler, Pajer, Schwenk) •  1993: USA: (Schwenk, Crawford, Pepper, Fox) •  1995: USA: (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis) •  1997: USA: (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones) •  1999: USA: (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce, Busse) •  2001: USA: (Marshall, Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff) •  2003: Ukraine: (Nikolaychuk, Lisogor, Serdinov, Yegoshin) •  2005: Ukraine: (Bugayov, Lisogor, Advena, Syzonenko) •  2007: Russia: (Smirnov, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin)