What is Bill Woolsey?
[[File:Bill Woolsey 1952-swimming-medalists (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''William Tripp Woolsey''' (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. He represented the United States at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4×200 metres freestyle relay|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 22, 2012}}</ref> Four years later at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421131424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2020|title=Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 4×200 metres freestyle relay|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=January 22, 2012}}</ref> Woolsey was born in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]. Woolsey died on June 25, 2022 in [[California]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tsai |first=Stephen|date=June 29, 2022|title=Olympic gold medalist and McKinley graduate Bill Woolsey enjoyed teaching his love of swimming, dies at 87 |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/29/sports/bill-woolsey-1934-2022-olympic-gold-medalist-enjoyed-teaching-his-love-of-swimming/ |access-date=June 29, 2022|newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woolsey, Bill}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American swimmers]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Unit