U.S. Masters Swimming is proud to count a number of Olympians among its current and former members.
Thanks to the hard work of Gail Roper, a list of these exceptional athletes is now available on the USMS web site.
From usms.org, you can view the list by selecting the blue "Home" tab, then "History & Archives," then "Olympians in USMS" from the left "In This Section" column. The direct link is http://www.usms.org/hist/oly/
The list contains the names of any Olympians who have been verified as ever being members of USMS (or of our predecessor AAU organization). The list includes athletes who competed for countries other than the U.S. (such as France, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Cuba), and in sports other than swimming (such as water polo, kayak, shot put, and pentathlon).
Gail Roper is an Olympian herself. She competed in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. She has put a tremendous amount of time into this project. Various members of the USMS History & Archives committee have assisted over the years with research and detective work.
Enjoy the list! Corrections or additions may be sent to: Olympians (at) usms (dot) org
While you're on the History & Archives page, take a look around. The "Stories About Swimmers" section contains hundreds of short biographies of USMS members. The committee is always looking for more stories and would welcome your contributions. Instructions for submitting a story can be found on the page.
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?
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
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.
She showed me the scar on her hand. Impressive. I did not offer to show her one of mine.
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.
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.
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!
