Michael Heath
Michael Steward Heath 
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| Surname: | Michael Steward Heath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | April 9, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | McAllen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Steward Heath (born April 9, 1964 in McAllen ) is a retired American swimmer. He enrolled at the University of Florida and was a member of the school team that won the NCAA in 1983 and 1984 .
Also in 1984 he competed at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and was able to win three gold medals there with the relays. He also secured second place in a single race. In 1986 he won a gold and a bronze medal with the relay at the World Swimming Championships in Madrid .
Today Heath assistant coach in Spartan Aquatic Club in Orange Park in the US state of Florida .
Web links
- Michael Heath in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Olympic champion in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay1908: Derbyshire , Radimilovic , Foster , Taylor ( GBR ) | 1912: Healy , Champion , Boardman , Hardwick ( ANZ ) | 1920: McGillivray , Kealoha , Ross , Kahanamoku ( USA ) | 1924: Weissmüller , O'Connor , Glancy , Breyer , Howell ( USA ) | 1928: Weissmüller , Clapp , Laufer , Kojac ( USA ) | 1932: Masanori , Miyazaki , Yokoyama , Toyoda ( JPN ) | 1936: Masanori , Sugiura , Arai , Taguchi ( JPN ) | 1948: Ris , McLane , Wolf , Smith ( USA ) | 1952: Moore , Woolsey , Konno , McLane ( USA ) | 1956: O'Halloran , Devitt , Rose , Henricks ( AUS ) | 1960: Harrison , Blick , Troy , Farrell ( USA ) | 1964: Schollander , Clark , Saari , Ilman ( USA ) | 1968: Schollander , Spitz , Nelson , Rerych ( USA ) | 1972: Spitz , Kinsella , Tyler , Genter ( USA ) | 1976: Bruner , Furniss , Naber , Montgomery ( USA ) | 1980: Kopljakow , Salnikow , Stukolkin , Krylow ( URS ) | 1984: Heath , Larson , Float , Hayes ( USA ) | 1988: Dalbey , Cetlinski , Gjertsen , Biondi ( USA ) | 1992: Lepikow , Pyschnenko , Tajanowitsch , Sadowy , Kudrjawzew , Muchin ( EUN ) | 1996: Davis , Hudepohl , Schumacher , Berube , Olsen ( USA ) | 2000: Thorpe , Klim , Pearson , Kirby , Hackett , Kowalski ( AUS ) | 2004: Phelps , Lochte , Vanderkaay , Keller , Ketchum , Goldblatt ( USA ) | 2008: Phelps , Lochte , Berens , Vanderkaay , Walters , Vendt , Keller ( USA ) | 2012: Lochte , Dwyer , Berens , Phelps , Houchin , McLean , Tarwater ( USA ) | 2016: Dwyer , Haas , Lochte , Phelps , Smith , Conger , Bentz ( USA )
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| SURNAME | Heath, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heath, Michael Steward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | McAllen |