Michael Stamm

Michael Stamm
Personal information
Full name Michael Eugene Stamm
Nickname(s) "Mike"
Nationality  United States
Born August 6, 1952 (1952-08-06) (age 59)
San Pedro, California
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 81 kilograms (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Backstroke
Club Coronado Swimming Association
College team Indiana University

Michael ("Mike") Eugene Stamm (born August 6, 1952) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal with the men's 4x100m medley relay team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. At the same tournament, the twenty-year old also collected two individual silver medals, in the 100m and in the 200m backstroke.

At that time, Stamm was the second best backstroker in the world, behind East German Roland Matthes. Stamm managed to break Matthes' world 200m backstroke record only once, in 1970, but Matthes recaptured it three weeks later.

Mike Stamm was coached by James Counsilman at Indiana University.

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