Jack Nelson (swimmer)

Jack Nelson
Personal information
Full name Jack Weyman Nelson
National team  United States
Born (1931-11-08)November 8, 1931
Chickamauga, Georgia
Died November 5, 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 82)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club North Carolina Athletic Club
College team University of Miami

Jack Weyman Nelson (November 8, 1931 – November 5, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and swimming coach. He represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and competed in the men's 200-meter butterfly, finishing fourth in the event final. He later served as the head coach for the U.S. Olympic women's swim team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Nelson was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Coach" in 1994, and the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009.[2][3]

Swimmer & author Nelson Diana Nyad has asserted that Nelson molested her as a child.[4] Nelson died on November 5, 2014, of complications from Alzheimer's disease; he was 82.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jack Nelson. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Jack Nelson (USA). Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ American Swimming Coaches Association, The ASCA Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ Ariel Levy (10 February 2014). "Breaking the Waves". The New Yorker. p. 29. Retrieved 09 February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/jack-nelson-coach-behind-1976-epic-relay-win-dies-battle-alzheimers-disease/

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