Background
Hickcox was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
Hickcox was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
He attended Indiana University, and swam for the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 1967 to 1969.
The peak of Hickcox"s swimming career occurred between 1967 and 1968 when he set eight world records in the space of sixteen months. He also added a silver medal in the men"s 100-meter backstroke. Hickcox was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1968, and inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1976.
He died from cancer on June 14, 2010, in San Diego.
He was 63 years old.
He won a total of seven individual National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships while swimming for Hoosiers coach Doc Counsilman. He received four medals (three gold and one silver) at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won gold medals in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events (setting an Olympic record in the 200-meter), and another gold as a member of the world record-setting United States. team in the men"s 4×100-meter medley relay.
