Olympians in USMS

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gdanner — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:11:24 GMT

On a correction note: Frédérick Bousquet represented France, not the USA :)

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gdanner — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:16:03 GMT

Cai Huijue - 1996 (China, 100 m Fly and 4 x 100 Medley relay) en.wikipedia.org/.../Cai_Huijue

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Former Member — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:20:21 GMT

Zsolt Gaspar and Istvan Bathazi have been added to the list. We're working on Yun Qu. Keep 'em coming! Anna Lea

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Atlantic — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:19:48 GMT

Ashley Whitney, USA, 1996 Gold Medalist (prelims), 800 free relay. :)

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:52:55 GMT

USA Today has a great article onliune today about Olympian now Masters swimmer/coach Bey Melamed. www.usatoday.com/.../1 "Can you believe it's been 40 years since Munich?" he is asked. "Do I have a choice? I can't believe I can't swim 200 butterfly anymore!" he says. "I can't believe this, I can't believe that, but I have to live."

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gdanner — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:06:40 GMT

Yun Qu - 1996. en.wikipedia.org/.../Qu_Yun

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:47:04 GMT

Zsolt Gaspar? en.wikipedia.org/.../Zsolt_Gaspar

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:18:07 GMT

en.wikipedia.org/.../István_Batházi Istvan Bathazi.

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Former Member — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:35:07 GMT

Oops, you are correct - I accidentally left Triathlon off the list. See Sheila's events here: Sheila Taormina There are a couple of other Olympian triathletes on the list as well - Jarrod Shoemaker and Gwen Jorgensen.

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knelson — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:10:26 GMT

Our Olympian members competed in these Olympic sports: Cycling Diving Kayak Modern Pentathlon Open water swimming Shot put Swimming I know who this is: Sheila Taormina! She also competed in triathlon, by the way. Not too shabby making it to the Olympics in three different sports!

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Debugger — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:25:33 GMT

WOW! Amazing! :applaud:

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Former Member — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:19:41 GMT

Are there other non-swimming Olympians on the list besides Armstrong? Yes. Click on any name on the list and you'll see the sports and events they competed in, and the countries they represented. Our Olympian members competed in these Olympic sports: Cycling Diving Kayak Modern Pentathlon Open water swimming Shot put Swimming Triathlon Volleyball And our Olympian members represented the following countries: Austria Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Ecuador Egypt France Germany Great Britain Greece Guam Hungary Israel Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Mexico Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Philippines Poland Puerto Rico Romania Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Turkey Unified Team (old USSR countries, I think) USA Venezuela West Germany Yugoslavia

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Glenn — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:40:16 GMT

Shot Putter Parry O'Brien. Olympic Gold in shot put 1952 and 1956, silver in 1960 and 4th place in 1964. Parry swam Masters for many years in Southern California. He died while swimming the 500 at the SCY regionals in Santa Clarita in 2007.

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Former Member — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:03:22 GMT

Are there other non-swimming Olympians on the list besides Armstrong?

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Former Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:35:40 GMT

Thank you for the tips. Emily Silver and Greg Burgess are both registered with USMS so they'll go on the list. Someone else wrote me and provided this name: Martina Moravcova Valko She's swum in 19 events in five Olympics, and is trying to qualify for her sixth. And she is a USMS member!

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Former Member — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:19:10 GMT

I could not find her on the list, but I believe Emily Silver, Who swam today in the Colorado State Cahampionships, deserves to be there. You may recall that Emily, who swam for Cal., qualified for the 4 X 100 free relay in 2008. Unfortunately, several days after qualifying she broke her hand while finishing her 50 free at Trials. The injury was so sever that she needed an operation and could not compete in Beijing. I saw her cruise a 24.2 50 free today. Rich, She did swim in the prelims of the 400 freestyle relay. She had to do a time trial a few days before the event to see if she was still fastest enough after the injury. She swam a time that was similar to her trials efforts.

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TRYM_Swimmer — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:54:09 GMT

Just had an informal meet today in Morehead City, NC attended by two NCMS workout groups, hosted by Mr/Mrs Greg Burgess, former Gator and twice Olympian (1992, 1996). He said he was going to Nats in Greensboro, so I assume he has registered and can be added to the list.

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Rich Abrahams — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:42:52 GMT

Rich, She did swim in the prelims of the 400 freestyle relay. She had to do a time trial a few days before the event to see if she was still fastest enough after the injury. She swam a time that was similar to her trials efforts. She showed me the scar on her hand. Impressive. I did not offer to show her one of mine.

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Rich Abrahams — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:07:28 GMT

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Former Member — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:50:54 GMT

Don't forget to check out the list of Olympians who have been members of U.S. Masters Swimming. Some recent additions to the list include: Catalina Casaru Karin LaBerge Michael Mason Lance Armstrong Enjoy the list! Corrections or additions may be sent to: Olympians (at) usms (dot) org

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Former Member — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:38:18 GMT

Thanks to all of you, we've added more verified names to the Olympians list. It now contains more than 300 names! Enjoy it here: Olympians in USMS

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orca1946 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:36:39 GMT

Buster Crab - how cool to read that name!!:applaud:

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orca1946 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:45:22 GMT

When I was at Mesa nats, they talked about all of our months & years of masters swimming. I can't remember her name right now, but he mentioned a lady swimming the meet that swan in the 1 9 3 6 olympics in berlin !!!!!!!!!! Is that the one that Jesse Owen kick the nazi butts in the sprints?