Who is your fave swimmer? If yours isn't listed, please write in...
Former Member
I got on the elevator at the Thayer Hotel to go down to breakfast. Spitz was the only other occupant. He was carrying a box of Uncle Sam cereal/ I bought a box as soon as I got
home.
Did it do any good for your swimming? I've never seen that brand, but I'll look for it in particular now.
Janet Evans. I know someone must have mentioned her already but in an era dominated by taller swimmers, she proved that just because you don't fit the profile, doesn't mean you can't be the best.
Paul
Even though I was a breastroker in the mid 1980s - and therefore had a chance to swim with/against some of the best breastroke swimmers of all time (Moffet, Lundquist, Gill, Moorhouse, Davis, Schroeder, etc, etc) - I would say Vladimir Salnikov. Salnikov was an absolute beast.
Close second - Tracy Caulkins, Sippy Woodhead, Mary T., Michael Gross, Matt Biondi (SCY), and Goodell.
Just my $0.02...
These are all great choices but let us not forget from where we came...Duke Kahanamoku, Johnny Weissmuller, Adolph Kiefer, Alan Ford, Chet Jastremski, Katie Ball, Mary T Meagher and Donna DeVarona.
These are all great choices but let us not forget from where we came...Duke Kahanamoku, Johnny Weissmuller, Adolph Kiefer, Alan Ford, Chet Jastremski, Katie Ball, Mary T Meagher and Donna DeVarona.
I knew all the guys you mention personally great picks. The women I did not know personally.
Men: Rowdy Gaines - Tough as nails. One of the first to come back to swimming post college and compete at the international level. A class act who might have won numerous Gold medals in the 80 Olympics that Carter rediculously boycotted. Continues to represent our sport in the best of manners.
Women: Shirley Babashoff - The victim of East German cheating in the 70's who was cast out of swimming for bringing the steroids issue to the forefront. Two Olympics, 2 World championships accounting 13 Silver medals all lost to the East Germans. All this time and she was correct all along.
