 Bruner at the 1976 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Lee Bruner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Mike" “Coach” | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 23, 1956 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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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