A favourite swimmer

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:11:58 GMT

My favorite swimmer was Mark Spitz too. I recall that his record setting victory restored some jubilation to the 1972 Olympics in spite of that depressing terrorist attack on the Israeli athletes. Happy Swimming Dolphin 2 :D

RE: A favourite swimmer

aquaFeisty — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:44:06 GMT

Definitely Janet Evans. I remember watching her WR 400 at the Olympics on TV and just being amazed... (and thinking, wow, I could start at the same time as her, sprint my brains out for the first length, and she would still flip before me... then go on to do 7 more lengths!!!) :D

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:34:36 GMT

Dawn Fraser. First woman to break a minute in the 100 meters.

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:27:29 GMT

Mark Spitz. I placed a large poster of him with the gold medals around his neck and proceeded to swim swim swim. Went from 247 pounds at 70 inches height to 178 pounds at same height!!What do I weigh today? 178.

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:51:47 GMT

I like Janet Evans 400 m record setting swim as my favorite single swim ever, that was really amazing.

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Former Member — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:34:45 GMT

Gotta go with Mark Spitz...I was just starting High School swimming and He Was Amazing.....made me a lifelong swimmer even though I got tired of competeing Still try to better my own personal times though.

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:08:32 GMT

Mark Spitz

RE: A favourite swimmer

Former Member — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:43:23 GMT

Janet Evans........ :)

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Michael Heather — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:26:44 GMT

Charlie Campbell. He showed me that you can have fun as well as being a world class swimmer. I can still remember watching him flopping around on the deck like a fish out of water at the L.A. Invitational in 1973, barking like a seal.

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Former Member — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:24:33 GMT

Mary T. Meagher (aka Madame Butterfly) 1983 at Cal. She gave me some tips on my fly. WOW!!

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dorothyrde — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:54:41 GMT

I was not a swimmer, but swimming was my favorite Olympic sport. Mark Spitz was the person I most remember from watching the Olympics.

RE: A favourite swimmer

A.K. — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:04:54 GMT

As a little kid I looked up to the following I swam with at FMSA. Laura Metcalf David McCagg If you were doing something bad you were banished to swim in these two swimmers lane and as they lapped you they would run you over (in a friendly manner, at least I think they were). Paul Asmuth Paul was a great distance swimmer and a great person. We were 2 of 3 swimmers that were part of the "Small Wirey guys Club" because we were so skinny. Paul had a great work ethic also. All 3 were fast in different strokes and distances. Each had good traits to learn from. There was a fourth swimmer whose name escapes me that swam *** also. He was a big guy. I remember one day when we were winging kickboards, I had one sail the distance of the pool and nailed him in the forehead- thought I was a deadman ha. He was a good sport about it and realized I had a lucky shot.