Leo Goodwin (swimmer)

Leo Joseph " Budd " Goodwin ( born November 13, 1883 in New York; † May 25, 1957 ) was an American swimmer and water polo player.

Goodwin was a member of the New York Athletic Club and launched for this at the Olympic Games 1904 in several swimming events. He took the water jump in the long jump discipline head part, in which it was about to jump into the water and then to dive as much as possible. Goodwin took while third place and the bronze medal. Together with his teammates from the New York Athletic Club, David Bratton, George van Cleaf, Louis Handley, David Hesser, Joseph Ruddy and James Steen, he joined the water polo tournament, in which they compared the U.S. team at the Chicago Athletic Club 6-0 and won the gold medal outdated. Goodwin took also still with the 4x50 - yard relay gold medal. He still also participated in three freestyle individual events, but could nowhere place.

At the Olympics 1908 he could no longer participate in the extent to which he managed four years earlier. Goodwin became ill in 1906 from blood poisoning, in which he almost lost an arm. Nevertheless, he still took part in the 400m freestyle and the 4x200m relay team, with whom he even picked up a bronze medal.

In 1971 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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• Leo Goodwin in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
• Leo Goodwin at Sports- Reference.com (English)

• Float ( United States)
• Water polo player (United States)
• Water Springer (United States)
• Olympic champion (water polo )
• Olympic gold medalist ( swimming)
• Olympian (United States)
• Americans
• Born in 1883
• Died in 1957
• Man