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  1.                                  in the world for more than
  2.                                  a decade, and competed 
  3.                                  at three Olympic Games. 
  4.                                  He won gold medals in the 
  5.                                  100-meter freestyle at the 
  6. 1912 and 1920 Summer Games, and was
  7. part of the winning 4 x 200-meter freestyle
  8. relay team in 1920. He also finished second
  9. behind Johnny Weissmuller in the 100-meter
  10. freestyle at the 1924 Olympics.
  11.  
  12. During his travels around the world for 
  13. swimming meets, Duke would often visit the 
  14. local beaches and demonstrate his surfing 
  15. technique. He introduced surfing to Australia, 
  16. and his great skill on the surfboard helped 
  17. popularize the sport in the United States.