Michael Francis Troy (born October 3, 1940) is a retired butterfly swimmer from the United States

United States

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, who broke the world record in the 200m butterfly five consecutive times before it was taken over by fellow American swimmer Carl Robie

Carl Robie

Carl Robie was an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and one gold in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico...

 in 1961.

The peak of Troy's swimming career occurred between 1959 and 1960 while he was coached by James Counsilman

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...

 at Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

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In the navy

After college he became a naval officer and attended BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs) training. He was decorated and was presented the Silver Star award for his distinguished and heroic service in Vietnam.