John Kinsella (swimmer)

John Pitann Kinsella (born August 26, 1952 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA ) is a former American swimmer.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he won the silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the age of 16. In 1970 he set a world record in this discipline.

In 1972 in Munich he won gold in the USA's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay . Then Kinsella specialized professionally in long distance swimming.

He was the first person to swim the 1,500 m freestyle in under 16 minutes.

John Kinsella trained a. a. at Indiana University under coach James Counsilman and won six NCAA titles during that time .

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1986 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Kinsella in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
2. ^ Robert Pruter: Swimming. In: Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved May 10, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.hickoksports.com ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Reid: The Machine Cranks Up. In: Sports Illustrated. August 28, 1978, accessed May 10, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Mike Field: Channeling His Energy Until last week, John Kinsella thought the English Channel was for amateurs. (No longer available online.) In: Sports Illustrated. September 10, 1979, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 10, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Indiana Hoosiers (English; PDF; 4.4 MB)
7. ↑ iuhoosiers.cstv.com ( Memento from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
8. ↑ John Kinsella in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)