This article is about the swimmer. For the writer, see Marc Spitz.
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz in December 2012
Personal information
Full name
Mark Andrew Spitz
Nickname
"Mark the Shark"
National team
United States
Born
(1950-02-10) February 10, 1950 (age 74) Modesto, California, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Butterfly, freestyle
Club
Arden Hills Swim Club Santa Clara Swim Club
College team
Indiana University
Coach
Doc Counsilman
Medal record
Representing the United States
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
9
1
1
Pan American Games
5
0
0
Maccabiah Games
10
0
0
Total
24
1
1
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
4×100 m freestyle
1968 Mexico City
4×200 m freestyle
1972 Munich
100 m butterfly
1972 Munich
100 m freestyle
1972 Munich
200 m butterfly
1972 Munich
200 m freestyle
1972 Munich
4×100 m freestyle
1972 Munich
4×100 m medley
1972 Munich
4×200 m freestyle
1968 Mexico City
100 m butterfly
1968 Mexico City
100 m freestyle
Pan American Games
1967 Winnipeg
100 m butterfly
1967 Winnipeg
200 m butterfly
1967 Winnipeg
4×100 m freestyle
1967 Winnipeg
4×200 m freestyle
1967 Winnipeg
4×100 m medley
Maccabiah Games
1965 Israel
Swimming
1965 Israel
Swimming
1965 Israel
Swimming
1965 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
1969 Israel
Swimming
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful competitor at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, though Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.
Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds, a silver, and a bronze, in addition to five Pan American golds, 31 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) titles, and eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles. During those years he set 35 world records, two of which were in trials and unofficial.[1][2]Swimming World Magazine named him World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971, and 1972. He was the third athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals.
^"International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.net. February 10, 1950. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
^"Mark Spitz". Doc Counsilman: Making Waves. Indiana University. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
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