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David Dickson

Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder
Person Human Q1173025

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[5]
Date of birth
February 20, 1941
Place of birth
Batu Gajah
Country of citizenship
Australia[4]
Occupation
swimmer
Birth name
David Gavin Dickson[13]
Country for sport
Australia[14]
Family name
Dickson[7]
Given name
David, Gavin[8][9]
Participant in
swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay[10][11][12]
Sport
competitive swimming[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Dickson fa دیوید دیکسون uk Девід Діксон zh 戴维·迪克森
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Australian Olympic Committee athlete ID
david-dickson
Commonwealth Games Australia athlete ID
david-dickson
Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived)
52949
DatabaseOlympics.com athlete ID (archived)
DICKSDAV01
Freebase ID
/m/0cnl21
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000001367
Olympedia people ID
45192
Olympics.com athlete ID
david-gavin-dickson
Prabook ID
2536373
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
di/david-dickson-1
Swimrankings.net swimmer ID
4846826
World Aquatics athlete ID
1156438

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Given name 2
David, Gavin
Country for sport 1
Australia
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Family name 1
Dickson
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
swimmer
Place of birth 1
Batu Gajah
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
competitive swimming
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Summary

David Dickson was born on February 20, 1941[1], in Batu Gajah[2]. He has worked as a swimmer[3].

FAQs

Where was David Dickson born?

David Dickson's place of birth was Batu Gajah[2].

What did David Dickson do for work?

David Dickson worked as a swimmer[3].

Related Entities

Australia

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . World Aquatics database. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Occupation → swimmer
    Country for sport → Australia
    Family name → Dickson
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