Mitch Ivey
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| Full name | Mitchell Ivey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Mitch" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 2, 1949 San Jose, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | California State University, Long Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mitchell Ivey (born February 2, 1949) is a former American international swimmer who was a backstroke specialist and Olympic medalist. Ivey later became a prominent Olympic and college swimming coach.
He was born in San Jose, California, and trained with the Santa Clara Swim Club under coach George Haines. As a member of the Santa Clara Swim Club, he won three Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) United States national championships. He initially attended Stanford University, but transferred to California State University, Long Beach, where he swam for coach Don Gambril's Long Beach State 49ers swim team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Ivey won the 200-yard backstroke at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 1:52.77 in 1970, and graduated from Long Beach State in 1972.
Ivey participated in two Olympics as a member of the United States Olympic Team: the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, winning two Olympic medals. He won a silver medal by finishing second behind Roland Matthes in the men's 200-meter backstroke in 1968. He also won a bronze medal with a third-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke, and competed in the 100-meter backstroke, placing fourth in the finals at the 1972 Olympics. He swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. relay team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley, but was ineligible to receive a medal under the 1972 Olympic swimming rules because he did not swim in the event final.
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