Brian Gregory Job (November 29, 1951 – August 14, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and world record-holder. 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, he won the bronze medal for his third-place finish in the men's 200-meter breaststroke. He later graduated from Harvard Business School. As a teenager, he swam for coach George Haines'

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, winning fourteen America Athletic Union (AAU) national titles. He attended Stanford University, where he swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. On August 22, 1970, he set a new world record of 2:23.5 in the 200-meter breaststroke, which would stand for almost two years. He was also a member of the U.S. relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the

1971 Pan American Games * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

. Job qualified for the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in Munich, but did not advance beyond the preliminary heats of the 200-meter breaststroke. According to a 2013 account in the ''San Jose Mercury News'', Job was homeless and living on the streets of

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, a victim of a

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, according to Job's family. On August 14, 2019, Job was found dead in his motel room at the Glass Slipper Inn in Palo Alto.

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Brian Job
– Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com 1951 births 2019 deaths American male breaststroke swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Warren, Ohio Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Harvard Business School alumni Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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