Norman Ross was a swimmer from the United States

United States

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 notable for winning five events at the Inter-Allied Games

Inter-Allied Games

The Inter-Allied Games was a one-off multi-sport event held from June 22nd - July 6th 1919 at the newly constructed Pershing Stadium just outside Paris, France following the end of the First World War. The forum for the games, Pershing Stadium, had been built near the Bois de Vincennes by the U.S....

 in June, 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris

Paris

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 and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

 in Antwerp. He set thirteen world records and held eighteen U.S. National Championships during his career. Ross later worked in radio in Chicago.http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/504884492.html?dids=504884492:504884492&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+20%2C+1953&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=ROSS%27+DEATH+RECALLS+FEATS+AS+SWIMMER&pqatl=google His son, Norman Ross Jr., was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago.