Michael Eugene Stamm (born August 6, 1952) is an American former
backstroke
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swimmer
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who earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in Munich, Germany. At the 1972 Olympics, the 20-year-old Stamm also won individual silver medals in the 100-meter and in the 200-meter
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
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At that time, Stamm was the second-best backstroker in the world, behind East German
Roland Matthes
Roland Matthes (, ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European champ ...
. Stamm managed to break Matthes' world record in the 200-meter backstroke only once, in 1970, but Matthes recaptured it three weeks later.
Stamm was coached by
James Counsilman
James Edward "Doc" Counsilman (December 28, 1920 – January 4, 2004)
P ...
at
Indiana University
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
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World record progression 200 metres backstroke
This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200-meter backstroke event. It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50-meter) and short course (25-meter) swimming pools. These records ar ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
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''Mike Stamm'' johnfry.com
''San Diego Hall of Champions'' ''Indiana Hoosiers''
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1952 births
Living people
American male backstroke swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
Swimmers from Los Angeles
Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
20th-century American people
21st-century American people
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