Brent Thales Berk (born June 27, 1949) is an American former competition
swimmer
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and Olympic athlete.
Berk represented the United States at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in Mexico City.
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Brent Berk
Retrieved September 9, 2015. He advanced to the event final of the
men's 400-meter freestyle, and finished in eighth place with a time of 4:26.0.
[
Berk was born in ]Eustis, Florida
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,[ and graduated from the ]Punahou School
Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade. Protestant missionar ...
in Honolulu, Hawaii
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. He attended Stanford University
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, where he swam for the Stanford Cardinal
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swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) competition and was recognized as an All-American.
He was inducted into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.[Wes Nakama,]
Oyakawa leads 2003 Hall class
" ''Honolulu Advertiser'' (September 2, 2003). Retrieved September 9, 2015.
See also
* List of Punahou School alumni
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* List of Stanford University people
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Stanford office Presidents
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References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the United States
People from Eustis, Florida
Swimmers from Honolulu
Punahou School alumni
Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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