Steve Clark, a three-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Games and a pioneer in speaking openly about the depression many athletes face after retirement, died at 82. In Rome 1960, while still a high school student at Los Altos High School, he swam in the relief qualifiers, but by the rules of the time he did not receive medals even though the American teams won gold. Four years later, in Tokyo, he became a relay star and contributed to …
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Steve Clark, a three-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Games and a pioneer in speaking openly about the depression many athletes face after retirement, died at 82. In Rome 1960, while still a high school student at Los Altos High School, he swam in the relief qualifiers, but by the rules of the time he did not receive medals even though the American teams won gold. Four years later, in Tokyo, he became a relay star and contributed to …