Ricky McCormick
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Ricky McCormick (born March 14, 1952)[1] is an American water skier. He won 11 world titles, 37 national championships. He was awarded two gold medals for Water skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, though as it was a demonstration sport that year they are not included in the medal table.[2] He came from a family of water skiers so started at age five. In 1982 he retired and in 1988 he was inducted into the Water Skiing Hall of Fame.[3]
McCormick was featured on the Ed Sullivan program on January 15, 1967 with film of a 540 degree spin.[4]
Ricky McCormick was the stunt double for Henry Winkler when the Fonz jumped the shark. Henry skied in the episode but it was Ricky that did the jump!
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