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| Full name | David Holmes Edgar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Dave" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 27, 1950 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jack Nelson Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jack Nelson Jack Nelson Swim Club Ray Bussard U. Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
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David Holmes "Dave" Edgar (born March 27, 1950) is an American former swimmer, 1972 Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. In a period of seven years, he lost only one 50-yard race, due to a faulty starting block. Excelling in the efficiency of his flip turn technique under the mentorship of Coach Ray Bussard at the University of Tennessee, many consider Edgar one of the greatest short course 50 and 100-yard sprinters of the 1970s.[1]