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Mark Spitz's Biography

Mark Andrew Spitz (born 10 February 1950) is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement surpassed only by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics. Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds plus a silver and a bronze, five Pan American golds, 31 US Amateur Athletic Union titles and eight US National Collegiate Athletic Association titles. During those years, he set 33 world records. He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971 and 1972.

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  • News Source: FameBall.com | about 16 hours ago
    Michael Phelps Loses Big In Sweden Best Known As: Sports Figure Gist: Michael Fred Phelps (Baltimore (Maryland), born June 30, 1985) is an American professional swimmer and is generally considered the greatest swimmer of all time and also one of the
  • News Source: Herald Net | 3 days ago
    Jeff has hand-selected this team, and we like the idea that now he’ll be held accountable for the results. “Our expectations are high...Our patience is low and we hope that translates into results quickly.” Nice ’stache, ladies: Mark Spitz
  • News Source: The Gazette | 11 days ago
    Mark Spitz doesn’t fault Michael Phelps for his problems out of the water. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer maintains pressure to be perfect often can affect top athletes like Phelps, who was photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe

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  • Blog Source: yglesias.thinkprogress.org | 3 days ago
    Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, and Macho Man Savage beg to differ with you on the Jewish thing. That said, if you look at the Jewish Athletes wikipedia page the problem is that most Jewish athletic prowess seems to be concentrated in soccer, ...
  • Blog Source: surchur.com | 3 days ago
    His hair don't was a swim do in Germany (Seattle Times) Just before his historic gantlet of seven gold medals and seven world records at the Munich Olympics, an inquiring Russian swim coach wanted to know if Mark Spitz's mustache slowed ...
  • Blog Source: surchur.com | 3 days ago
    Mark Spitz revealed that, just before his historic gantlet of seven gold medals and seven world records at...Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)Explore : SportsDate: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:06:02; Notre Dame's Michael Floyd to play against ...

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