Jack Babashoff
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Full name | Jack Babashoff, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Whittier, California | July 13, 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Long Beach Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Babashoff, Jr. (born July 13, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer who won a silver medal in 100-meter freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[1] Two years later, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships.[2] Jack attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California and the University of Alabama.[1]
Jack is the son of Vera (Slevkoff) and Jack Babashoff, Sr. Both of his parents are second-generation Russian-Americans.[3][4] His younger sisters Shirley and Debbie and brother Bill were also swimmers who competed at the international level.[5][6]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- 1 2 Jack Babashoff biography and Olympic results, sports-reference.com.
- ↑ Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.
- ↑ Vera John Slevkoff Babashoff
- ↑ Babashoff, Shirley. Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures (January 1, 2002).
- ↑ Paula Edelson (1 January 2002). A to Z of American Women in Sports. Infobase Publishing. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0789-9. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ Kristin Hardeman (April 23, 1988). HIGH LIFE : In the Family Swim : Babashoff Hopes to Follow Siblings to Olympic Stardom. Los Angeles Times
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