Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz · Sports
American swimmer; won 9 Olympic gold medals, including a record 7 golds at the 1972 Munich Games.
1950, Modesto, California, United States
United States
Mark Spitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — American swimmer; won 9 Olympic gold medals, including a record 7 golds at the 1972 Munich Games.
Mark Spitz is an American swimmer who won nine Olympic gold medals, including a then-record seven golds—each in world-record time—at the 1972 Munich Games. His feat made him one of the most celebrated athletes of the century and stood as the single-Games gold record until 2008. He is Jewish, and his success at the Munich Games remains poignant given the massacre of Israeli athletes there.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spitz (International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame)
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American swimmer; won 9 Olympic gold medals, including a record 7 golds at the 1972 Munich Games.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spitz (International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame)
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