John Naber

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John Naber (2012)

John Naber (born January 20, 1956 in Evanston ) is a retired American swimmer .

Naber went to school in Italy and England, where his father worked as a management consultant . He studied psychology with a sports scholarship at the University of Southern California , where he was considered the legitimate successor of the German world-class back swimmer Roland Matthes and won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backseat at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . He had developed a new, more efficient starting technique for this, which he presented for the first time at the Olympic Games. Since he also won gold medals with the US 4 × 100 m individual medley and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay as well as the silver medal in the 200 m freestyle , he became the most successful swimmer of these games. In total, he set 44 world records by 1976.

In 1982 he was inducted into the international swimming sports hall of fame . He works as a television expert, motivational speaker and trainer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 1st February 2017
  2. ↑ https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/2346/2200 auf. 1st February 2017
  3. ^ "The great Olympia Lexicon", Sport-Bild from June 19, 1996, p. 44
  4. ^ Naber, John: From high school to the Olympic games: Learning from a variety of swimming coaches. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 1.2 (2006): 125–126.
personal data
SURNAME Naber, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston, Illinois