JOHN NABER Hand Signed 4X6 Photo CARD - USA 1976 OLYMPIC 4 GOLD MEDALS SWIMMER

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John Naber
Naber in 2016
Personal information
Full name
John Phillips Naber
National team
United States
Born
January 20, 1956
(age 65)
Evanston, Illinois
, U.S.
Height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight
194 lb (88 kg)
Website
johnnaber
.com
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Backstroke
,
freestyle
Club
Ladera Oaks Swim Club
College team
Southern California
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Medal record
Representing
the United States
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
100 m backstroke
1976 Montreal
200 m backstroke
1976 Montreal
4×200 m freestyle
1976 Montreal
4×100 m medley
1976 Montreal
200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
1973 Belgrade
200 m backstroke
John Naber (born January 20, 1956) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple events.
Born in
Evanston, Illinois
, Naber studied in England and Italy where his father worked as a management consultant. He graduated from
Woodside High School
in
northern
California, and then completed his bachelor's degree in psychology in 1977 at the
University of Southern California
in Los Angeles. While at USC, he led the
Trojans
to four consecutive
NCAA titles
(
1974
–
1977
).
1976 Olympics
Naber in 1976
At age twenty, Naber won four gold medals at the
1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal,
Quebec
.Each of these victories was swum in world-record time; he swept the two backstroke events and was a member of two winning relay teams.He also won a silver medal in the
200-meter freestyle
, part of a U.S. sweep in that event.
One of Naber's gold medals was for the first
200-meter backstroke
completed in under two minutes;his world record time of 1:59.19 stood for seven years. His world record of 55.49 seconds in the
100-meter backstroke
also stood for seven years.
For these accomplishments in Montreal and elsewhere, Naber won the 1977
James E. Sullivan Award
, which is presented to the top American amateur athlete of the year. He was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1982.
[8]
After swimming
Naber joined
The Walt Disney Company
in 1977 as a marketing representative, then became a full-time "roving ambassador" for the swimwear maker
Speedo
.He later was a
sports broadcaster
, motivational speaker, and
professional writer
.
[6]
He was a member of the
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Organizing Committee.