Jack Sieg was an American
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
who used the
butterfly stroke
The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a List of swimming styles, swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick"). While other styles like ...
in 1935, developed by his coach David (aka Dave) Armbruster. He competed for the
University of Iowa
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and first used the stroke in a breaststroke leg of a
medley relay February 25, 1935.
Badgers beaten in Swim Meet
February 26, 1935: “for the first time in competition Monday” (The Milwaukee Journal
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).
See also
*History of swimming
Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed.
Ancient times
10,000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were ...
References
American male butterfly swimmers
American male breaststroke swimmers
Living people
American male swimmers
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American people
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