Mark Spitzist
Best known
• a world record
• at the 1972 Olympic Games,
• seven gold medals
• individual and team events
Childhood
• February 10, 1950
• The first of three
• Modesto, California
• Arnold and Lenore Spitz
• At age 2 swam almost every day at Waikiki Beach
• At age 6 his local swim club
• Trained at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with Sherm Chavoor
• 17 national age-group records, and one world record
Biography
• 1965, Maccabiah Games, first international competition
• Most outstanding athlete
• 1968 Olympic Games
• Seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
• The most dramatic instances in Olympic history
• Palestinian terrorists captured and eventually murdered 11 Israeli athletes
Well-known for...
• an iconic mustache throughout the Olympics