Doug Northway

Douglas Dale Northway (born 28 April 1955) is an American former pool and open water swimmer.

Swimming Career Highlights

He represented the USA at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games where he received a bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle (16:09.25) at the age of 17. Northway was a high school student in Sahuaro High School, Arizona when he dropped his 1500m time by 45 seconds between the 1971 AAU National Championships and the 1972 USA Olympic Swimming Trials.
He represented the USA at the 1976 Montréal Olympic Games where he was on the world record setting American 800m freestyle relay with Tim Shaw on left and Mike Bruner.
He represented the USA that boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 800m freestyle relay.
He won the 400m freestyle at the 1975 Pan American Games while he was a student at the University of Arizona.
He later became a professional marathon swimmer and swimming coach.
He won the 30th 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean on 29 July 1984 from Péribonka, Roberval in 7 hours 37 minutes.
He finished 2nd at the 1984 Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Quebec, Canada.
He finished 2nd at the 24-mile Cabo San Lucas professional marathon swim in 1984.