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Jerry Heidenreich Personal information Full name Jerôme Alan Heidenreich Nickname(s) "Jerry" Nationality 
United StatesBorn February 4, 1950
Tulsa, OklahomaDied April 18, 2002 (aged 52)
Paris, TexasHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and butterfly College team Southern Methodist University Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley Gold 1972 Munich 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1972 Munich 100 m freestyle Bronze 1972 Munich 100 m butterfly Pan American Games Gold 1971 Cali 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1971 Cali 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1971 Cali 4×100 m medley Jerry Heidenreich (February 4, 1950 – April 18, 2002) was an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he received a gold medal in 4×100 m medley relay, and a gold medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay. [1] He received a silver medal in 100 m freestyle, and a bronze medal in 100 m butterfly.
World records
He set six world records during his swimming career, all as a relay team member.
Awards
Heidenreich was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1992.[2][3]
References
- ^ "1972 Olympics – München, Germany – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
- ^ "ISHOF 1992 Honorees" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
- ^ "JERRY HEIDENREICH (USA) – 1992 Honor Swimmer" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) • 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) • 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) • 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) • 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) • 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) • 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) • 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) • 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) • 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) • 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) • 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) • 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2008: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1967: United States (Walsh, Fitzmaurice, Spitz, Schollander) • 1971: United States (Edgar, Genter, Heidenreich, Heckl) • 1975: United States (Babashoff, Ruby, Grattan, Abbott) • 1979: United States (Gaines, Babashoff, Newton, McCagg) • 1983: United States (Leamy, Gribble, Cavanaugh, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Born, McCadam, Robinson, Dudley) • 1991: Brazil (Ferreira, Nascimento, Rebolal, Borges) • 1995: United States (Hall, Jager, Davis, Olsen) • 1999: Brazil (Scherer, Quintaes, Cordeiro, Borges) • 2003: Brazil (Jayme, Borges, Scherer, Souza) • 2007: Brazil (Silva, Deboni, Oliveira, Cielo) • 2011: Brazil (Cielo, Fratus, Santos, Oliveira)
Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) • 1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) • 1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) • 1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) • 1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) • 1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) • 1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) • 1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) • 1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) • 1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) • 1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) • 1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) • 2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) • 2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira) • 2011: United States (Dwyer, Robison, Houchin, Patton)
Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1951: United States (Stack, Stassforth, Cleveland) · 1955: United States (McKinney, Maguire, Baarcke, Scholes) · 1959: United States (McKinney, Munsch, Troy, Farrell) · 1963: United States (McGeagh, Craig, Richardson, Kirby) · 1967: United States (Russell, Webb, Spitz, Walsh) · 1971: United States (Murphy, Job, Heidenreich, Heckl) · 1975: United States (Rocca, Colella, Curington, Babashoff) · 1979: United States (Jackson, Lundquist, Placak, McCagg) · 1983: United States (Carey, Lundquist, Gribble, Gaines) · 1987: United States (Gill, Korhammer, King, Dudley) · 1991: United States (Gill, Dersch, Merrell, Thomas) · 1995: United States (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen) · 1999: Brazil (Massura, Tomazini, Scherer, Borges) · 2003: United States (Marshall, Gangloff, Michaelson, Brunelli) · 2007: United States (Bal, Gangloff, Berens, Grant) · 2011: Brazil (Guido, França, Mangabeira, Cielo)
Categories:- 1950 births
- 2002 deaths
- American swimmers
- SMU Mustangs swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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