Francis "Frank" Gailey (21 January 1882 – 10 July 1972) was an Australian-born American competition swimmer who swam in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Gailey was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, but later emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1906. For the 1904 Olympics, he was sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially counts Gailey's four medals for the United States,[2] although research undertaken by several Australian newspapers in 2008–09 showed that Gailey was an Australian citizen at the time.[3] In 2009, the Australian Olympic Committee stated that "Gailey's medals, newly credited to Australia, increase the nation's total at summer Olympics to 449".[4]
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, Gailey competed in four swimming events, and due to the lack of entrants all the events were straight finals, on 6 September he entered the 220 yard freestyle, where he finished just under two seconds behind American Charles Daniels and gained a silver medal,[5] on the same day he also entered the 1 mile freestyle and after swimming for nearly 29 minutes he finished in third place behind German Emil Rausch and Hungarian Géza Kiss.[6] The next day Gailey competed in his other two events the 440 yard freestyle, where again he finished second to Charles Daniels,[7] and then the German Emil Rausch beat him in the 880 yard freestyle,[8] so in his two days of events he finished with 3 silver medals and one bronze.[9]
^"Francis Gailey". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^Olympics.org, Athletes, Francis Gailey 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^Harry Gordon, "Unveiled: our lost Olympic champion," Sydney Morning Herald (28 February 2009). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^"Australia's lost Olympian won four medals". Australian Olympic Committee. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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francis, gailey, francis, frank, gailey, january, 1882, july, 1972, australian, born, american, competition, swimmer, swam, 1904, summer, olympics, held, louis, missouri, personal, informationfull, namenationalityamericanaustralian, disputed, born, 1882, janua. Francis Frank Gailey 21 January 1882 10 July 1972 was an Australian born American competition swimmer who swam in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis Missouri 1 Francis GaileyPersonal informationFull nameFrancis GaileyNationalityAmericanAustralian disputed Born 1882 01 21 21 January 1882Brisbane QueenslandDied10 July 1972 1972 07 10 aged 90 Garden Grove CaliforniaSportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleClubOlympic Club San FranciscoMedal record Men s swimmingRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games1904 St Louis 220 yard freestyle1904 St Louis 440 yard freestyle1904 St Louis 880 yard freestyle1904 St Louis 1 mile freestyleGailey was born in Brisbane Queensland Australia but later emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized U S citizen in 1906 For the 1904 Olympics he was sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco The International Olympic Committee IOC officially counts Gailey s four medals for the United States 2 although research undertaken by several Australian newspapers in 2008 09 showed that Gailey was an Australian citizen at the time 3 In 2009 the Australian Olympic Committee stated that Gailey s medals newly credited to Australia increase the nation s total at summer Olympics to 449 4 At the 1904 Summer Olympics Gailey competed in four swimming events and due to the lack of entrants all the events were straight finals on 6 September he entered the 220 yard freestyle where he finished just under two seconds behind American Charles Daniels and gained a silver medal 5 on the same day he also entered the 1 mile freestyle and after swimming for nearly 29 minutes he finished in third place behind German Emil Rausch and Hungarian Geza Kiss 6 The next day Gailey competed in his other two events the 440 yard freestyle where again he finished second to Charles Daniels 7 and then the German Emil Rausch beat him in the 880 yard freestyle 8 so in his two days of events he finished with 3 silver medals and one bronze 9 See also EditList of Olympic medalists in swimming men References Edit Francis Gailey Olympedia Retrieved 19 February 2021 Olympics org Athletes Francis Gailey Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 October 2014 Harry Gordon Unveiled our lost Olympic champion Sydney Morning Herald 28 February 2009 Retrieved 26 October 2014 Australia s lost Olympian won four medals Australian Olympic Committee 27 February 2009 Retrieved 26 October 2014 Swimming at the 1904 St Louis Summer Games Men s 220 yard Freestyle Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2017 Swimming at the 1904 St Louis Summer Games Men s One Mile Freestyle Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2017 Swimming at the 1904 St Louis Summer Games Men s 440 yard Freestyle Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2017 Swimming at the 1904 St Louis Summer Games Men s 880 yard Freestyle Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2017 Frank Gailey Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2017 External links EditFrank Gailey Olympic athlete profile databaseOlympics com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis Gailey amp oldid 1128340235, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
