Frederick Weber Schmidt (born October 23, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer. He was Olympic champion in 4×100 m medley in 1964, and bronze medallist in 200 m butterfly. He is a former world record-holder in men's 100-meter butterfly, holding the record from 1961 to 1962.
American swimmer
Fred Schmidt
Schmidt at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Fullname
Frederick Weber Schmidt
Nickname(s)
"Fred"
Nationalteam
United States
Born
(1943-10-23) October 23, 1943 (age78) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Height
6ft 2in (188cm)
Weight
185lb (84kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Butterfly
College team
Indiana University
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo
4×100 m medley
1964 Tokyo
200 m butterfly
Pan American Games
1963 São Paulo
200 m butterfly
Swimming career
Schmidt began swimming competitively at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and was part of one of the greatest high school swim teams, in 1961. The team won the Illinois high school championship, and various team members held every high school national record at the time. The New Trier High School team placed third in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships that year behind the Yale and Indiana University teams. He then joined coach Doc Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team at Indiana University.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, he received a gold medal by swimming the butterfly leg for the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay, setting a new world record of 3:58.4 with teammates Thompson Mann (backstroke), Bill Craig (breaststroke), and Steve Clark (freestyle).[2] He also received a bronze medal for his third-place finish in the 200-meter butterfly, clocking a time of 2:09.3.
Schmidt held the world record in 100-meter butterfly (58.6 seconds) from August 20, 1961 to April 24, 1962.
Life outside competitive swimming
Schmidt with the crew of Apollo 15 aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever
Schmidt later entered the U.S. Navy, became a SEAL, and participated in the recovery of several capsules in NASA's manned space flight program. In 1971, when Apollo 15 returned from the moon, Schmidt welcomed mission commander David Scott, also a former competitive swimmer, back to earth.[3]
Schmidt later moved to Guam, where he currently resides.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
World record progression 100 metres butterfly
World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; etal. "Fred Schmidt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
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