Jack Medica
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| Full name | Jack Chapman Medica | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 15, 1914 Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
April 15, 1985 (aged 70) Carson City, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Washington Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jack Chapman Medica (October 5, 1914 – April 15, 1985) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Medica won a gold medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 4:44.5.[1][2] He received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, recording a final time of 19:34.0.[1][3] Medica also received a second silver medal as a member of the runner-up U.S. team in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Ralph Flanagan, John Macionis and Paul Wolf.[1][4] The American relay team finished with a time of 9:03.0, behind the winning Japanese team.[1][5]
After his retirement from competition swimming, brought on by World War II, Medica taught water survival for the U.S. Navy after his impaired vision kept him from enlisting. He went on to teach at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also coached the Penn Quakers swimming and diving team.
Medica was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1966.[6]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Pennsylvania people
- List of University of Washington people
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jack Medica. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Jack Medica (USA). Retrieved January 29, 2013.
External links
- Jack Medica – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Jack Medica (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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| Preceded by Shozo Makino |
Men's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 30, 1934 – May 13, 1941 |
Succeeded by Bill Smith |
| Preceded by Johnny Weissmuller |
Men's 200-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) April 12, 1935 – February 12, 1944 |
Succeeded by Bill Smith |
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