David Edgar (swimmer)
David Edgar 
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| Surname: | David Edgar | ||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle , butterfly | ||||||
| Birthday: | March 27, 1950 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Lauderdale , Florida | ||||||
| Size: | 188 cm | ||||||
| Weight: | 86 kg | ||||||
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David Holmes Edgar (born March 27, 1950 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) is a former American swimmer and Olympic champion.
Career
David Edgar began swimming training in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale high school. In 1968 he set his first exclamation point by breaking the US high school record for the 50 yard freestyle to 21.2 seconds. Ray Bussard brought him to the University of Tennessee. Under Bussard's training, Edgar developed into a sprint specialist.
During his time at the University of Tennessee, Edgar also learned the flipturn , the turning technique that is made with a flip . With a special variation of this turning maneuver, Edgar was able to gain a lot of time. He became the first swimmer to swim the 100 yd freestyle in under 45 seconds. This turning maneuver also made him a specialist in short course competitions.
From 1970 to 1972 Edgar won three consecutive US college championships in the 50 and 100 yd freestyle on the short course. His main competitors were Mark Spitz and Jerry Heidenreich . At the Pan American Games in 1971 , which were held in the Colombian city of Cali , he won the gold medal with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay. He was also able to win gold with this season at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (together with Heidenreich and Spitz). In the competition, the US season improved the world record twice. In the run-up, in the line-up of David Fairbank , Gary Connelly , Jerry Heidenreich and David Edgar, the world record was improved for the first time with 3: 28.84 minutes. This time was undercut again in the final by David Edgar, John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich and Mark Spitz with 3: 26.42 minutes.
In 1996 David Edgar was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as Honor Swimmer .
Web links
- David Edgar in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- David Edgar in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
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| SURNAME | Edgar, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edgar, David Holmes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Lauderdale , Florida , United States |