Charles Greene Bittick Jr. (November 2, 1939 – April 28, 2005) was an American water polo player and swimmer. He was a member of the American water polo team that finished seventh at the 1960 Olympics. He played five matches and scored three goals. He won three silver medals, two in the 100 m backstroke and one in water polo, at the Pan American Games in 1959–63. In 1960, Bittick briefly held the world record in the 200 m backstroke, and in 1961 he won the 400 yd medley event at the AAU championships, setting a new national record. After retiring from competitions he settled in Yorba Linda, California, where he worked as a broker for Farmer's Insurance. He remained active in recreational sports, and in 1997 climbed Mount Rainier; he also crossed the Sea of Cortés in a kayak, together with his brother.

In 1979, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.

Chuck Bittick

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1939 births

2005 deaths

American male water polo players

Olympic water polo players for the United States

Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games

Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games

USC Trojans men's water polo players

USC Trojans men's swimmers

Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States

American male backstroke swimmers

Pan American Games medalists in swimming

Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games

20th-century American people

21st-century American people

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