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Ralph Drew Flanagan (December 14 1918 – February 8 1988) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics during the 1930s.As a 13-year-old at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California Flanagan competed in the semifinals of the men’s 1500-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Germany he won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay.