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George Thomas Breen (July 19, 1935 – November 9, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in three events. After retiring as a swimmer, he became a coach at Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in New Jersey.
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| Full name | George Thomas Breen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 19, 1935 Buffalo, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 9, 2019 (aged 84) New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Indianapolis Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Cortland State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
Breen was born in Buffalo, New York. He was a champion rower for Bishop Timon High School in Buffalo, and the West Side Rowing Club. He began swimming competitively as a 17-year-old freshman at Cortland State University under coach Doc Counsilman, almost a decade later than most of his future rivals.
World competitor
Breen represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Breen earned a silver medal, together with Dick Hanley, Bill Woolsey and Ford Konno. He also took bronze medals in the 400-meter freestyle (4:32.5) and men's 1,500-meter freestyle (18:08.2) – after setting a new world record of 17:52.9 in the qualifying heats of the 1,500.
At the 1959 Pan American Games, he won a gold medal for his first-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver as the runner-up in the 1500-meter freestyle. He was elected team captain of the U.S. men for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and earned another bronze medal while competing in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle (17:55.9).
Breen coached the Penn Quakers men's swimming team at the University of Pennsylvania from the late 1966 until 1982, and served as a coach for U.S. Swimming. He formerly coached for Gloucester County Institute of Technology (Deptford, New Jersey) swim team (now separate from the school, it is known as the Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club) and at the Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
In 1975, Breen was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Later life and death
Breen was a resident of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, where he coached local high school and club swim teams into his 70s.[1] He was diagnosed with bone cancer of his right middle finger and had to have it amputated. After battling pancreatic cancer for several years, Breen died on November 9, 2019 in New Jersey.[2]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
- World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- Pawling, Chris. "Swimming legend George Breen pays visit to local meet", South Jersey Times, January 30, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Washington Township resident George Breen was in attendance at Saturday’s SJISA Coaches’ Invitational swim meet at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology."
- "George Breen, a Four-Time Olympic Medalist, Dies After Cancer Battle". Swimming World News. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Breen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03.
- George Breen (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-02-24)
- George Breen – Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame profile
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1960 USA Olympic swimming team | ||
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Pan American Champions in Men's 400 m freestyle | |
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George Thomas Breen, né le 19 juillet 1935 à Buffalo et mort le 9 novembre 2019[1], est un nageur américain spécialiste des épreuves de nage libre.[it] George Breen
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