Rod Strachan


Rodney Strachan is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he received a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley event. He received a silver medal in the same event at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.
Strachan held the long course world record in the 400-meter individual medley from July 1976 to August 1978.