sport.wikisort.org - AthleteJeffrey James Float is a former American competitive swimmer, world record holder, world champion and Olympic gold medalist. He qualified for the 1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team in three individual events, but could not participate when the United States boycotted the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Four years later, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. As the peer-elected team captain, Jeff earned a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay,[1] and finished fourth in the individual 200-meter freestyle event. In 2016 this 4x200-meter freestyle relay was designated the third greatest of all time.
American swimmer
Jeff Float
 Float circa 1984 |
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Full name | Jeffrey James Float |
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Nickname(s) | "Jeff" |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1960-04-10) April 10, 1960 (age 62) Buffalo, New York |
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Individual Medley |
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Club | Arden Hills Swim Club |
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College team | University of Southern California |
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Biography
At 13 months of age, Float lost most of his hearing to life-threatening viral meningitis. As a result, he is 90% deaf in his right ear and 65% in the left, thus becoming the first legally deaf athlete from the United States to win an Olympic gold medal. After swimming the third leg in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, the US anchor slammed first to the wall by 4/100ths of a second and shattered the world record by five seconds. Once he and his triumphant teammates emerged from the pool and ascended the podium, Jeff heard a roaring crowd. "It was the first time I remember distinctly hearing loud cheers at any meet. I'll never forget what 17,000 screaming people sound like. It was incredible!" Float reports.[2] In first grade he started training under the legendary Olympic Coach Sherm Chavoor at Arden Hills Country Club in Sacramento. His older teammates at that time were none other than Mark Spitz, Debbie Meyer, Mike Burton, et al., all of whom assisted in churning out 33 medals. Following graduation from Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Jeff then proceeded to obtain a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in business administration from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.[3]
Float garnered ten gold medals and World Records in all ten available events at the 1977 World Games for the Deaf (renamed Deaflympics) in Bucharest, Romania. This remains an unprecedented record.[4] Other swimming accomplishments include: gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1978 US National Championships in Woodlands, Texas; silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin, Germany; Individual First Places in the 200-meter individual medley and 500-meter freestyle at the 1978 National Prep School Championships in Mission Viejo, California; gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1981 US National Championships in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; two gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley at the 1981 USA vs. USSR in Kiev, Russia; gold medal in the 400-yard individual medley at the 1982 NCAA National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana; gold medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador; and gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1982 USA vs. USSR in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sports Illustrated featured Jeff on its July 1984 cover and in three subsequent articles. Vanity Fair also selected Float and his 4x200-meter teammates for the September 1984 cover and pictorial and published a follow-up article with photographs in August 1994. Other media exposure incorporates the following: appearances on television series, commercials and live interviews; magazine and newspaper covers and related stories; and myriad book forewords, chapters and quotations. Float served on the board of directors for the California President's Council on Physical Fitness from 1985 through 2011. He was chosen as Deaf Olympian of the Century by the International Committee of Deaf Sports in 2000 and carried the Olympic Torch en route to the 1986 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. In 2008 his boycotted 1980 USA Summer Olympic Team was bestowed with Congressional Gold Medals of Honor. Jeff is also the recipient of numerous awards and an inductee in many Halls of Fame.
After being employed for 24 years as Aquatics Director and Head Coach with Spare Time Inc. at two of its Sacramento regional facilities, 12 years with the Laguna Creek Racquet Club Gators and 12 with the Gold River Sports Club Stingrays, and Co-Head Coach of their year-round Spare Time Aquatics Sharks, Float returned to his roots. On January 1, 2020, Jeff was invited to come "home" to the Arden Hills Athletic & Social Club, where it all began over a half-century ago. There he enjoys being the Head Coach of the Otters Swim Team, Executive Assistant Coach of the USA Swimming year-round Arden Hills Aquatics, and a personal trainer to athletes of all levels. In addition to coaching, Jeff is a real-estate agent with Investment Property Management Inc. and a popular motivational speaker. He and his wife Jan Ellis Float are active and longtime participants in Swim Across America, a national nonprofit organization that has earned $100 million while "Making Waves to Fight Cancer." Jeff and Jan are involved in other statewide and local charities and members of various professional and personal associations.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
- Deaf People in the Olympics
- List of Olympic Medalists in Swimming (men)
- List of University of Southern California people
- List of World Aquatics Championships Medalists in Swimming (men)
- World Record Progression 4x200-Meter Freestyle Relay
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External links
1980 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Men's Team | | |
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Women's Team | |
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Coaches |
- Paul Bergen
- Don Gambril
- George Haines
- Dennis Pursley
- Randy Reese
- Mark Schubert
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1984 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Men's Team | | |
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Women's Team | |
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Coaches |
- Ron Ballatore
- Ray Bussard
- Don Gambril (head coach)
- George Haines
- Charlie Hodgson
- Doug Ingram
- Frank Keefe
- Skip Kenney
- Richard Quick
- Randy Reese
- Mark Schubert
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1908:
John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor (GBR)
- 1912:
Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
- 1920:
Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
- 1924:
Johnny Weissmuller, Wally O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer (USA)
- 1928:
Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac (USA)
- 1932:
Masanori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN)
- 1936:
Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948:
Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf, Bill Smith (USA)
- 1952:
Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane (USA)
- 1956:
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS)
- 1960:
George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell (USA)
- 1964:
Don Schollander, Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman (USA)
- 1968:
Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych (USA)
- 1972:
Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter (USA)
- 1976:
Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1980:
Sergey Koplyakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov (URS)
- 1984:
Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes (USA)
- 1988:
Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev, Yury Mukhin (EUN)
- 1996:
Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen (USA)
- 2000:
Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2004:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Dan Ketchum, Scott Goldblatt (USA)
- 2008:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters, Erik Vendt, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2012:
Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps, Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean, Davis Tarwater (USA)
- 2016:
Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz (USA)
- 2020:
Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)
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World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
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- 1973:
Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1975:
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Joachim Geisler, Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1978:
Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1982:
Richard Saeger, Jeff Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986:
Lars Hinneburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
- 1991:
Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Gross (GER)
- 1994:
Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1998:
Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2001:
Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003:
Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2007:
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
- 2009:
Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2011:
Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2013:
Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Charlie Houchin, Ricky Berens (USA)
- 2015:
Dan Wallace, Robert Renwick, Calum Jarvis, James Guy (GBR)
- 2017:
Stephen Milne, Nicholas Grainger, Duncan Scott, James Guy (GBR)
- 2019:
Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton (AUS)
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NCAA Champions in Men's 400 y Individual Medley |
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На других языках
- [en] Jeff Float
[fr] Jeffrey Float
Jeffrey "Jeff" Float (né le 10 avril 1960 à Buffalo) est un nageur américain. Lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1984 disputés à Los Angeles il remporte la médaille d'or au relais 4 x 200 m nage libre et termine quatrième de la finale du 200 m nage libre[1]. À l'âge de 13 mois, Float a perdu la majeure partie de ses capacités auditives et a failli mourir à la suite d'une méningite virale. Il est devenu en 1984, le premier athlète sourd américain à obtenir une médaille d'or olympique[2].
[it] Jeffrey Float
Jeffrey James Float (Buffalo, 10 aprile 1960) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.
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