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| Full name | Raymond Comstock Thorne | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Ray" | |||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 29, 1887 Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Died | January 10, 1921 (aged 33) Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
| Club | Chicago Athletic Association | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raymond Comstock Thorne (April 29, 1887 โ January 10, 1921) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] In the 1904 Olympics he won a silver medal as a member of American 4x50 yard freestyle relay team and was sixth in the 50 yards swimming. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in a car crash in Los Angeles, California.[2]