Mike Bruner
Bruner at the 1976 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michael Lee Bruner | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Mike" “Coach” | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-07-23) July 23, 1956 (age 67) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | DeAnza Swim Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Lee Bruner (born July 23, 1956) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. At the 1976 Olympics he won gold medals in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and in the 200-meter butterfly, setting a world record.[2] Two years later he won the 1978 World Championships in the 200 m butterfly. During his career Bruner set two world records: in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.23) and in relay.
Swimming World Magazine named Bruner its American swimmer of the year in 1980. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1988.[3]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ a b c d Mike Bruner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
- ^ "Mike Bruner (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
External links
Media related to Mike Bruner at Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Bruner at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Mike Bruner at Olympics.com
- Mike Bruner at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Men's 200-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) July 18, 1976 – July 30, 1980 | Succeeded by |
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- Jack Babashoff
- Joe Bottom
- Mike Bruner
- Rick Colella
- Casey Converse
- Lawrence Dowler
- Bill Forrester
- Bruce Furniss
- Steve Furniss (team captain)
- Brian Goodell
- Steve Gregg
- Bobby Hackett
- Gary Hall Sr. (team captain)
- Dan Harrigan
- Paul Hartloff
- John Hencken
- Bob Jackson
- Charles Keating
- Tim McKee
- Jim Montgomery
- John Naber
- Doug Northway
- Peter Rocca
- Tim Shaw
- Rod Strachan
- Matt Vogel
- Chris Woo
- Shirley Babashoff
- Melissa Belote
- Wendy Boglioli
- Brenda Borgh
- Lelei Fonoimoana
- Maryanne Graham
- Jeanne Haney
- Janis Hape
- Kathy Heddy
- Jennifer Hooker
- Linda Jezek
- Nicole Kramer
- Renee Laravie
- Renee Magee
- Marcia Morey
- Kim Peyton
- Lauri Siering
- Miriam Smith
- Jill Sterkel
- Karen Thornton
- Tauna Vandeweghe
- Wendy Weinberg
- Donna Lee Wennerstrom
- Camille Wright
- John Bogert
- Doc Counsilman (men's head coach)
- Lawrence Dowler
- Frank Elm
- Carolyn Finneran
- Don Gambril
- George Haines
- Jim Montrella
- Jack Nelson (women's head coach)
- Charlotte Piper
- Albert Schoenfield
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