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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , winning seven gold medals , each in world-record time.
Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games (except in 1960, when the limit was two). The event was won by Mark Spitz of the United States, his then-record sixth gold medal in a single Games (he would add a seventh in the medley relay, for a record that stood until Michael Phelps won eight in 2008). It was the ninth ...
Mark Spitz United States: 56.4 Ross Wales United States: 57.2 1972 Munich details: Mark Spitz United States: 54.27 WR: Bruce Robertson Canada: 55.56 Jerry Heidenreich United States: 55.74 1976 Montreal details: Matt Vogel United States: 54.35 Joe Bottom United States: 54.50 Gary Hall Sr. United States: 54.65 1980 Moscow details: Pär Arvidsson ...
Titmus and O’Callaghan, on June 12, 2024, became the first women to swim faster than Mark Spitz ever did. Spitz, an Olympic legend, swam to a then-unprecedented seven golds at the 1972 Games in ...
Andrew Ridgeway, 46, is facing charges of second degree murder and providing false information to law enforcement in connection with the death of 48-year-old Stacy Ann Powell, who was reported ...
Freedom's Fury was produced by Kristine Lacey, executive produced by Quentin Tarantino, Lucy Liu, Amy Sommer, and Andrew G. Vajna, and co-produced by Thor Halvorssen. [6] [4] [7] Narration was provided by Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz, who as a teenager had been coached by Ervin Zádor. [8]
A Michigan doctor and his wife are accused of locking their 10-year-old son with special needs in a closet for hours a day over several months, at times forcing him to clean his own feces.. It's ...
The relay was the final swimming event of the Olympics, and was met with considerable celebration as Spitz received his seventh gold medal as a result of the U.S. win. [10] [11] In individual events, Heidenreich received a silver medal in 100-meter freestyle with a 51.22, only .43 seconds behind first place Mark Spitz, who Heidenreich was not ...