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| Full name | Joseph Stuart Bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Joe" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 18, 1955 Akron, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Stuart Bottom (born April 18, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer and one-time world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and 4x100-meter freestyle relay.[1]
Born in Akron, Ohio, Bottom moved with his family at age 11 to Santa Clara, California, where he was a member of the Santa Clara Swim Club under noted swim coach George Haines.[2] He attended Santa Clara High School, where he contributed to the Panthers numerous California Interscholastic Federation — Central Coast Section championships and set several Section records from 1971–73.[3]
Bottom attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he was an All-American swimmer for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team four years (1974–1977). He graduated in 1977 with a bachelor of science] degree in electrical engineering and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.[4][5] In 1977, he was the first swimmer ever to crack 20 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, at 19.70.[6] He held USC's record for 50-yard freestyle until the 2006-2007 season, and has the third fastest 100-yard freestyle and sixth-fastest 100-yard butterfly times in school history. He won five NCAA individual and 4 relay titles with the Trojans. He was the captain of the 1977 Trojans swim team.[7][8] Known for an easygoing personality, Bottom was a fierce competitor during meets.[6][7]
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bottom won the silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly and came in sixth in the 100-meter freestyle. He also won a gold medal as a member of the 4x100-meter medley relay team, swimming in the qualifying round.[9][10] At the prime of his career, he was unable to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the U.S. Boycott.[7][8]
During the inaugural, 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Bottom took silver in the 100-meter butterfly and gold in both the 4x100-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley relay events. At the 1978 World Championships in Berlin he took gold in the 100-meter butterfly as well as the 4x100-meter medley relay. He won nine U.S. national championships between 1974 and 1980.[7]
On August 27, 1977, at the East Germany-United States dual meet in East Berlin, Bottom broke Mark Spitz's five-year-old 100-meter butterfly world record with a time of 54.18 seconds. The night before the record-setting race, Bottom suffered from insomnia and took a sleeping pill only to oversleep and miss his usual pre-race warmup swim; incredibly, he broke Spitz's record anyway.[6] He was also a part of the team that set the new4x100-meter freestyle relay world record on September 1, 1974.[7]
In 2007, Bottom was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame; several of his records set at USC remain unbroken.[8] He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2006.[7]
Bottom currently resides in Chico, California, where he is a management consultant and serving as Senior Manager in Accenture's Marketing Sciences Practice within the Retail Products Industry.[5][11] His younger brother, Mike Bottom, also swam at USC where he was a three time All-American (1975–77); Mike is currently one the world's top sprint coaches.[4][12][13]
See also
- 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 50 metres freestyle
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ^ Joe Bottom, Sports Reference LLC, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ Santa Clara High School Reunion Event to Include Multiple Classes, Business Wire, March 19, 2008, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ Historical Record of CCS Boys Swimming and Diving Championship Results, CIF — Central Coast Section, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ a b USC Mens Swimming & Diving All-Americans, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ a b Joseph Bottom, LinkedIn, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ a b c Jerry Kirshenbaum, Bottom Was Up To Topping A Mark, Sports Illustrated, September 5, 1977, Accessed August 13, 2008. Cite error: The named reference "SI090577" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f 2006 Honor Swimmer: Joe Bottom, International Swimming Hall of Fame, October 13, 2006, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ a b c 2007 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced, USC Trojans Athletic Department, October 13, 2006, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf
- ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/joe-bottom-1.html
- ^ Accenture Marketing Sciences: Retail & Sales Optimization — Leadership, Accenture, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ Duncan Scott, Fred Bousquet, the Barrier Basher: Can You Say, “Déjà vu, All Over Again?”, Swimming World Magazine, March 24, 2005, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ^ Player Bio: Mike Bottom :: Men's Swimming, Cal Bears Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- American male butterfly swimmers
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Akron, Ohio
- People from Santa Clara, California
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- USC Trojans swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming