Virgil Luken

Virgil "Virg" William Luken (September 12, 1942 – June 10, 2023) was an American competitive swimmer who was a Minnesota High School breaststroke state champion, and competed for the University of Minnesota. He participated in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay, which won their heat in Olympic record time of 4:05.1. The finals team, in which he did not participate, later won a gold medal in record time 3:58.4. He later worked as a swim coach operating Virgil Lukin Swim School and had a four-decade career as a designer and builder of swimming pools which included managing his own company, Virg Lukin and Associates.