Richard Adolph Blick (born July 29, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer, 1960 Olympic champion in the 4x200-meter freeestyle relay, and former world record-holder.

He competed for North Central College under International Hall of Fame Coach Dr. Hal Henning Jr. After his swimming career ended in 1962, he earned a Masters in Physical Education from Indiana University, and had a long career in High School education as a coach, math teacher, and principal in California.

[6][2] Yale swim coach Bob Kiphuth declared Blick at 19, "the finest 200-meter swimmer ever born in the United States", and considered him a "certain member of the 1960 Olympic team".

[9][10] After having qualified at the trials, Blick competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Swimming anchor for the U.S. team, Jeff Farrell, considered one of the fastest 200 metre swimmers in the world, performed up to expectations, despite his fairly recent appendicitis.

[4] As a world class swimmer at North Central, he won 11 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) titles which included the 100-yard freestyle in 1959, and from 1961-62.

[9] After completing his degree at North Central, Blick received a Masters’ in Physical Education from Indiana University in 1962, and decided to retire from competitive swimming.

[14] He is now retired in San Jose, California with his wife, the former Shirley L. Youngberg, whom he married in June, 1962 while they were both Seniors at North Central College.