Michael Stamm
Michael Eugene "Mike" Stamm (born August 6, 1952 in San Pedro , California ) is a retired American swimmer.
The backstroke Mike tribe won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich each silver over 100m and 200m backstroke and gold with the US 4 × 100-m medley relay . At the swimming world championships in 1973 in Belgrade , he also took second place over 100 m back and won gold in the individual relay relay.
At that time, Stamm was the second best back swimmer in the world behind the GDR swimmer Roland Matthes . Only once, in 1970, did Stamm break the Matthes world record for the 200 m back. However, Matthes won the world record back three weeks later.
Michael Stamm was training at Indiana University under coach James Counsilman .
Web links
- Michael Stamm in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Mike Stamm (English)
- iuhoosiers.cstv.com ( Memento from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- San Diego Hall of Champions ( Memento June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Indiana Hoosiers (English; PDF; 1.4 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stamm, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stamm, Michael Eugene (full name); Trunk, mike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Pedro , California |