Fritz Bedford

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Fritz Bedford
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Born1963 (age 60–61)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly

Fritz C. Bedford (born 1963) is a competitive American swimmer who currently holds eight U.S. national records and has held seven world records.

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College

Bedford attended St. Lawrence University where he was a nineteen time All-American. This included all four years in both the 50-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relay. He qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual all four years. He was the New York state champion in the 50-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke as an individual and the 400 medley relay. He was named Outstanding Male Senior Athlete in 1985 and inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 2006. While at St. Lawrence he joined Sigma Pi fraternity. He earned his master's degree from the University of New Hampshire and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. [1] [2]

Masters

Bedford began swimming in the Masters in 2009.

U.S. records held

Age groupEventTimeAgeDateCurrentRef
45–4950 Fly (SCM)25.7446December 13, 2009Yes [3]
50–5450 Back (SCY)24.5750May 4, 2014Yes [3]
50–54100 Back (SCY)52.7252March 21, 2015Yes [3]
50–5450 Back (SCM)26.6953October 24, 2015Yes [3]
50–54100 Back (SCM)58.4753October 24, 2015Yes [3]
55–5950 Back (SCY)25.3055March 23, 2019Yes [3]
55–59100 Back (SCM)1.00.7855October 20, 2018Yes [3]
55–5950 Fly (SCM)26.5555October 20, 2018Yes [3] [4]

World records held

Age groupEventTimeAgeDateCurrentRef
45–4950 Free (SCM)23.8046December 13, 2009No [5]
45–4950 Fly (SCM)25.7446December 13, 2009No [5]
50–5450 Back (SCM)27.3650October 26, 2013No [6] [7]
50–54100 Back (SCM)59.9150October 26, 2013No [6] [7]
50–54100 Back (SCM)58.4752October 24, 2015No [5]
50–5450 Back (SCM)26.6952October 24, 2015No [5]
55–59100 Back (SCM)1.00.7855October 20, 2018Yes [5] [4]

SCM – Short Course Meters
SCY – Short Course Yards

Personal

Bedford works as a mechanical engineer [1] and is the brother of Olympian BJ Bedford. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Fritz Bedford". St. Lawrence University Athletics.
  2. ↑ Langhammer, Jay (Spring–Summer 1985). "Sigma Pi Standouts in Sports". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 73, no. 1 and 2. p. 28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "USMS National Records Currently Held for Fritz C. Bedford". U.S. Masters Swimming. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Ross, Andy (October 23, 2018). "Fritz Bedford Breaks Masters World Record in Vermont". SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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  7. 1 2 Stewart, Mel (October 28, 2013). "Two Masters World Records for Fritz Bedford". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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