Jack Babashoff
American swimmer (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jack Babashoff Jr. (born July 13, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer and a 1976 Olympic silver medal winner in the 100 meter freestyle.
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Full name | Jack Babashoff, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-07-13) July 13, 1955 (age 69) Whittier, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Long Beach Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Dick Jochums Long Beach Swim Club Don Gambril U. of Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Babashoff was born one of four children of Vera (Slevkoff), a former teacher, and Jack Babashoff Sr., a machinist. Both of his parents were second-generation Russian-Americans.[1] His younger sisters Shirley and Debbie and brother Bill were also swimmers who competed at the international level.[2][3] Jack's father, Jack Sr., was a swimming instructor in Hawaii for a period while in the Army and hoped his own children might aspire to be Olympic swimmers.[1]