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| Full name | David Ashley Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 25, 1971 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | YOTA Swim Team (Capital Y) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Don Easterling (UNC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Ashley Fox (born February 25, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. He was also a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games, also known as the Summer Universiade.[1]
Fox attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] He swam at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he won seven Atlantic Coast Conference championships in individual events and one NCAA national championship. He also won eight Atlantic Coast Conference titles in relay events.[2] As an undergraduate at NCSU, he was mentored by North Carolina State swimming Coach Don Easterling who led the team from 1971 to 1995.[3]
Later, after receiving his master's degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, he swam under the direction of North Carolina Head Coach Frank Comfort. At UNC, he also served as an Assistant Coach under Head Coach Comfort.[4][5][2]
- ^ a b "David Fox Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "North Carolina State University :: Board of Visitors". Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ "Lohse, Dave, 7 Jan 2022, A Golden Era of Tar Heel Swimming". University of North Carolina.