sport.wikisort.org - AthleteJohn Pitann Kinsella (born August 26, 1952) is an American former competition swimmer, an Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in multiple events.
American swimmer
John Kinsella
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Full name | John Pitann Kinsella |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1952-08-26) August 26, 1952 (age 70) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
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Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
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Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Freestyle |
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Club | Hinsdale Swim Club |
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College team | Indiana University |
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Kinsella was a standout at Illinois swimming powerhouse Hinsdale Central High School in the late 1960s. As a 16-year-old, he was the silver medalist in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing second to U.S. teammate Mike Burton.
In 1970, while still a high school senior swimming for the Hinsdale McDonald's Swim Club under coach Don Watson, he was awarded the Amateur Athletic Union's James E. Sullivan Award in recognition of the outstanding American amateur athlete of the year. In 1970 he also became the first person to swim 1,500 meters under 16 minutes. After graduating from high school, Kinsella, together with Mark Spitz, Gary Hall Sr., and other notable swimmers, were part of Doc Counsilman's legendary Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team at Indiana University, which dominated men's college swimming in the early 1970s. Kinsella won NCAA national championships in the 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle events in 1971, 1972, and 1973.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Kinsella won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The first-place team of Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, and Mark Spitz set a new world-record time of 7:35.78 in the event final.
After graduating from Indiana University, Kinsella went on to swim professionally, setting a time record for swimming the English Channel. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in recognition for his Olympic performances and later professional swimming career where he achieved the title of "World's Professional Champion."
After the end of his competition swimming career, Kinsella attended Harvard Business School. He joined RBC Dain Rauscher as an investment officer, but is no longer with the firm. He currently resides in Illinois. He has a daughter and three sons.
See also
Biography portal
Olympics portal
- List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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Preceded by Hans-Joachim Fassnacht |
Men's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 20, 1970 – September 7, 1970 |
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Preceded by |
Men's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 23, 1970 – August 6, 1972 |
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1968 USA Olympic swimming team |
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Staff |
- Sherman Chavoor (women's head coach)
- Frank Elm (assistant)
- Don Gambril (assistant)
- George Haines (men's head coach)
- Bill Lippman, Jr. (manager)
- Olive Mucha (assistant)
- Edwin Olson (assistant)
- Kenneth Treadway (manager)
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1972 USA Olympic swimming team |
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- Don Gambril
- George Haines
- Peter Daland (men's head coach)
- Sherm Chavoor (women's head coach)
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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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На других языках
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[fr] John Kinsella (natation)
John Pitann Kinsella (né le 26 août 1952 à Oak Park) est un nageur américain. Lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968 disputés à Los Angeles il remporte la médaille d'argent au 1 500 m nage libre puis bat en 1970 le record du monde de la distance. En 1972, aux Jeux olympiques de Munich, Kinsella est médaillé d'or au sein au relais 4 x 200 m nage libre [1].
[it] John Kinsella
John Pitann Kinsella (26 agosto 1952) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.
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