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| Born | (1885-02-22)February 22, 1885 Chicago, United States | |||||||||||
| Died | August 25, 1938(1938-08-25) (aged 53) Lake Michigan | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||
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George William Gaidzik (February 22, 1885 – August 25, 1938) was an American diver, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chicago and died in a boat capsizing incident on Lake Michigan.
Olympic career
In the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard event and was fifth in the 10 metre platform event. Four years later, at the 1912 Summer Olympics, he was eighth in the 3 metre springboard event, was sixth in his first round heat in the 10 metre platform event and second in his first round heat in the Plain high diving event, and did not advance on both occasions.
References
- "George Gaidzik". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
External links
- George Gaidzik at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-20)
- George Gaidzik at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- George Gaidzik at Olympedia
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- 1885 births
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- American male divers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving
- Divers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Chicago
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