By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Rich Thornton, a 1980 US Olympian and the head coach of San Ramon Valley Aquatics in California since 1984, has died. He was 65 years old. His younger brother Marc confirmed the passing on Facebook, saying that he died while surfing at The Hook in Santa Cruz, California on Thursday, “doing what he loved.” California has been battered by massive waves in recent weeks fueled by offshore storms. Thornton was a fixture in California swimming for almost four decades and part of the renowned Thornton swimming family. In 1980, he was one of 45 Americans named to the US Olympic swim team, though that team never traveled to Moscow for the Games amid the boycott. After grad
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