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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time.
Mark Spitz (born February 10, 1950, Modesto, California, U.S.) is an American swimmer who, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games.
Sep 4, 2022 · For Mark Spitz, Olympic Greatness Came Amid Tragedy. The former swimmer said it was “like an out-of-body experience” to win seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games and then learn that ...
Mark Spitz is one of the greatest swimmers of all time. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games. Prediction backfires. American Mark Spitz had brashly predicted that he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
He was nervous at the start, but in the end his victory was comfortable – two seconds clear, with a new world record. The gold medals kept coming, and so did world records. By September 1, he had five of each. But now came the one event where victory seemed unsure – the 100m freestyle.
Tall, dark, goggle-less and, most crucially of all, moustached, Mark Spitz is one of the most instantly recognisable Olympic athletes of all time. At the Munich 1972 Games the swimmer won seven gold medals in a scarcely believable seven world-record times.
Jun 5, 2021 · Before there was Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz. And Phelps never rocked an iconic mustache, either. Until Phelps came along, Spitz was an unparalleled Olympic swimmer. Hell, he's an Olympic legend regardless of the sport.
Mark Spitz wins Olympic gold! | Full Men's 200m Butterfly Final | Munich 1972. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Here we have the replay of the men's 200m Butterfly event at...
For U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz, the numbers at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, speak for themselves. Seven races. Seven gold medals. Seven world records. It’s a performance that set the standard by which Olympic greatness is judged.
Jul 19, 2021 · A nine-time gold medalist, Mark Spitz knows a thing or two about how to successfully navigate the Olympic Games as an athlete. Spitz, now 71, held the record of seven gold medals in a single...
