Tim Shaw (swimmer)

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Tim Shaw
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Shaw in 1976
Personal information
Full nameTimothy Andrew Shaw
National teamUnited States
Born (1957-11-08) November 8, 1957 (age 66)
Long Beach, California, U.S. [1]
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [1]
Weight148 lb (67 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, water polo
College team California State University, Long Beach
University of Arizona
Coach Dick Jochums [2]
College swimming coach
Medal record
Representing the United States
Men's swimming
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Montreal 400 m freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 1500 m freestyle
Men's water polo
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Caracas Team

Timothy Andrew Shaw (born November 8, 1957) is an American former Olympic medal-winning swimmer and water polo player. He swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics and played on the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of a handful of athletes to win Olympic medals in two different sports. Between 1974 and 1984, Shaw won two Olympic silver medals; three world championships; seven U.S. Amateur Athletic Union national titles; and three U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. [3]

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In 1974 in space of four days Shaw broke Mark Spitz's 200-meter freestyle world record, Rick DeMont's 400-meter freestyle world record and Stephen Holland's 1500-meter freestyle world record. Shaw appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine on August 4, 1975, after receiving the FINA Prize Eminence Award in 1974, representative of the greatest contribution to world aquatics. He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1974 and 1975, and won the Sullivan Award in 1975 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States after having won three gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. [4] Aged only 17 years and 256 days old, he became the youngest world champion in 1975, when he won the men’s 200m freestyle.

At the 1976 Olympics he only won one silver medal, in the 400-meter freestyle; he was completely shut out of his signature event, the 1500-meter freestyle. Although he did not compete in the finals for the 4×200 metres freestyle relay, he did contribute to the swimming team in the preliminaries. [1] After the 1976 Olympics Shaw continued competitive college swimming, but focused more on water polo for future Olympics. The sport was favored by his father, who was a water polo coach. [3] Shaw missed the 1980 Olympics that were boycotted by the United States. He was a member of the 1984 U.S. water polo team that was undefeated in Olympic competition, but was awarded the silver medal because the Yugoslav team, with an identical record, scored four more goals overall. [1]

Shaw attended and swam for Long Beach State outside Los Angeles, but as an upperclassman transferred to swim for the University of Arizona, following his Long Beach State swim coach Dick Jochums and exceptional Long Beach state swimming teammates Gregory Jagenburg, a World Aquatics Champion, and Bob Jackson. [5] [6]

In 1989 Shaw was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, [3] and in 1991, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [7] [8] He married around 1985, and as of 2003 he lives in Newport Beach, California, with wife Joanne, and children Christina, Jennifer, and Thomas. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tim Shaw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Cazeneuve, Brian (December 8, 2003) Tim Shaw, Olympic Swimmer AUGUST 4, 1975. Sports Illustrated
  3. 1 2 3 "Tim Shaw (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Timothy Shaw – Past award winner profile at Sullivan Memorial Award
  5. ↑ Petruska, Dave, "Money Makes All the Difference", Tucson Citizen, Tucson, Arizona, 1 February 1979, pg. 59
  6. ↑ "Wildcat Swimming Team Goal", Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, 9 November 1979, pg. 58
  7. ↑ "Tim Shaw (1991)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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