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Three-Time Olympic Swimming Champion Mike Burton Dies at 79
Original: Mike Burton, 3-Time Olympic Swimming Champion, Dies At 79
Mike Burton, the American distance swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals, has died at the age of 79. Burton took gold in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1968 Mexico City Games and won the 1,500-meter freestyle in both 1968 and 1972. He is being remembered as one of the greatest distance swimmers of his era.
Why now: News of the death of a multi-gold-medal Olympian prompts tributes and reflection on his career.
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- Mike Burton, 3-Time Olympic Swimming Champion, Dies At 79 · Fulton County News
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