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Full name | Michael Eugene Stamm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Mike" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
San Pedro, California |
August 6, 1952 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Coronado Navy Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Indiana University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Eugene Stamm (born August 6, 1952) is an American former backstroke swimmer 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 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.
At that time, Stamm was the second-best backstroker in the world, behind East German Roland Matthes. 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 at Indiana University.