Edward "Ted" Stickles was an American

United States

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 swimmer. He set many swimming records and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame

International Swimming Hall of Fame

The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...

 in 1995. He was inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1998.

Stickles swam with Doc Councilman

James Counsilman

James Edward "Doc" Counsilman was an Olympic and hall-of-fame swimming coach from the United States. He is perhaps best known for being the head swimming coach Indiana University from 1957-1990...

's Indiana University

Indiana University

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 swim team from 1962 to 1965. At one point during his career, he and his roommate, Hall of Famer Chet Jastremski

Chet Jastremski

Chester Andrew Jastremski is a former American Olympic swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 200 meter Breaststroke at the 1964 Tokyo Games. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977. He also swam with the Indiana Hoosiers swim team...

, held a total of seven world records. Ted broke a total of nine world records in the individual medley

Medley swimming

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

 in the early 1960s.

His sister, Terri Stickles

Terri Stickles

Terri Lee Stickles is a former American Olympic swimmer. She won a bronze medal for the women's 400-meter freestyle swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.“I was very happy to win bronze,” Strunck said...

, was an Olympic swimmer. Unfortunately, Ted developed tendinitis in his elbow and missed making the 1964 Olympic team. They would have been the first brother and sister to make an Olympic team.

Stickles was a swimming coach for the University of Illinois and Louisiana State University

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. He now resides in Louisiana

Louisiana

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.

Records

• Four world records - 400m individual medley
• Eight U.S. National AAU Championships - 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley.

See also

• World record progression 200 metres medley
  World record progression 200 metres medley
  The first world record in the 200 metres individual medley in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1956, followed by the women a year later...
  
  
• World record progression 400 metres medley
  World record progression 400 metres medley
  The first world record in the 400 metres individual medley in long course swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation in 1957, followed by the women a year later...