From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American swimmer (1910–1996)
George Harold Kojac (March 2, 1910 – May 28, 1996) was an American competition
swimmer , two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
Kojac represented the United States at the
1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
[1] As a member of the winning U.S. team in the
4×200-meter freestyle relay , he received a gold medal.
[1] Kojac and teammates
Austin Clapp ,
Walter Laufer and
Johnny Weissmuller set a new world record of 9:36.2 in the event final.
[1]
[2] Individually, he won another gold medal in the
men's 100-meter backstroke with a second world record time of 1:08.2.
[1]
[3] He also finished fourth in the
men's 100-meter freestyle in 1:00.8.
[1]
[4]
Kojac was born to Ukrainian immigrants. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, and learned to swim in the
East River in New York. In 1931 he graduated from the
Rutgers University and missed the 1932 Olympics because of his studies at Columbia Medical School. During his swimming career Kojac set 23 world records. In 1968 he was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame .
[1]
[5]
See also
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
f Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes,
George Kojac
Archived November 9, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports,
United States Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games
Archived February 21, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games,
Men's 100 metres Backstroke Final
Archived November 9, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games,
Men's 100 metres Freestyle Final
Archived November 12, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^
"George Kojac (USA)" . ISHOF.org .
International Swimming Hall of Fame . Archived from
the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015 .
External links
1908 :
John Derbyshire ,
Paul Radmilovic ,
William Foster ,
Henry Taylor (
GBR )
1912 :
Cecil Healy ,
Malcolm Champion ,
Leslie Boardman ,
Harold Hardwick (
ANZ )
1920 :
Perry McGillivray ,
Pua Kealoha ,
Norman Ross ,
Duke Kahanamoku (
USA )
1924 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Wally O'Connor ,
Harry Glancy ,
Ralph Breyer (
USA )
1928 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Austin Clapp ,
Walter Laufer ,
George Kojac (
USA )
1932 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Yasuji Miyazaki ,
Takashi Yokoyama ,
Hisakichi Toyoda (
JPN )
1936 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Shigeo Sugiura ,
Shigeo Arai ,
Masaharu Taguchi (
JPN )
1948 :
Wally Ris ,
Jimmy McLane ,
Wally Wolf ,
Bill Smith (
USA )
1952 :
Wayne Moore ,
Bill Woolsey ,
Ford Konno ,
Jimmy McLane (
USA )
1956 :
Kevin O'Halloran ,
John Devitt ,
Murray Rose ,
Jon Henricks (
AUS )
1960 :
George Harrison ,
Dick Blick ,
Mike Troy ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Don Schollander ,
Steve Clark ,
Roy Saari ,
Gary Ilman (
USA )
1968 :
Don Schollander ,
Mark Spitz ,
John Nelson ,
Stephen Rerych (
USA )
1972 :
Mark Spitz ,
John Kinsella ,
Fred Tyler ,
Steve Genter (
USA )
1976 :
Mike Bruner ,
Bruce Furniss ,
John Naber ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Sergey Koplyakov ,
Vladimir Salnikov ,
Ivar Stukolkin ,
Andrey Krylov (
URS )
1984 :
Mike Heath ,
David Larson ,
Jeff Float ,
Bruce Hayes (
USA )
1988 :
Troy Dalbey ,
Matt Cetlinski ,
Doug Gjertsen ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1992 :
Dmitry Lepikov ,
Vladimir Pyshnenko ,
Veniamin Tayanovich ,
Yevgeny Sadovyi ,
Aleksey Kudryavtsev ,
Yury Mukhin (
EUN )
1996 :
Josh Davis ,
Joe Hudepohl ,
Brad Schumacher ,
Ryan Berube ,
Jon Olsen (
USA )
2000 :
Ian Thorpe ,
Michael Klim ,
Todd Pearson ,
Bill Kirby ,
Grant Hackett ,
Daniel Kowalski (
AUS )
2004 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
Klete Keller ,
Dan Ketchum ,
Scott Goldblatt (
USA )
2008 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Ricky Berens ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
David Walters ,
Erik Vendt ,
Klete Keller (
USA )
2012 :
Ryan Lochte ,
Conor Dwyer ,
Ricky Berens ,
Michael Phelps ,
Charlie Houchin ,
Matt McLean ,
Davis Tarwater (
USA )
2016 :
Conor Dwyer ,
Townley Haas ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Michael Phelps ,
Clark Smith ,
Jack Conger ,
Gunnar Bentz (
USA )
2020 :
Thomas Dean ,
James Guy ,
Matt Richards ,
Duncan Scott ,
Calum Jarvis (
GBR )