Zac Zorn
 Zorn at the 1967 Pan American Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Zachary Zorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Zac" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 10, 1947 Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Phillips 66, Long Beach Coach Don Gambril | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zachary Zorn (born March 10, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer for the University of California Los Angeles and a 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.[1]
Zorn was born March 10, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio. He swam for California's Buena Park High School, where as a Senior at the trials of the California Interscholastic Federation Swimming and Diving Finals in May 1965, he broke the National Interscholastic records for the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.5 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.3 seconds, .4 seconds faster than the standing record.[2]
1968 Olympic gold medal
He trained for the Olympics with the Phillips 66 team in Long Beach California under Hall of Fame Coach Don Gambril, who would also coach him at the 1968 Olympics, with Olympic Head Coach George Haines.[3] In one of his most publicized swims, Zorn set a world record in the 100 m freestyle of 52.6 at the 1968 Olympic Trials in Los Angeles.[1][4][5]
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Though he progressed well in the preliminary rounds of the 100-meter freestyle, due to poor pacing placed eighth in the individual 100-meter freestyle finals.[6][7][1]
Swimming for UCLA
In 1968, he won the 100-meter NCAA title competing for University of California, Los Angeles.[1] At the Santa Clara Invitational, an International Meet in July 1968, he won the 100-meter event in 53.8, beating out Yale swimmer and 1964 Gold medalist Don Schollander.[8]
Honors
In 1965, he was made the Buena Park High School athlete of the year for 1964-65.[9]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of California, Los Angeles people
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ a b c d "Olympedia Bio, Zac Zorn". Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Fullerton Leads Assault on Swim Records", The Register, Santa, Anna, California, 8 May 1965, pg. 14
- ^ Seubold, Mary, "Swimmers Take Pride in Country", Progress Bulletin, Pomona, California, 5 September 1968, pg. 34
- ^ Gambril coached Philips 66 Long Beach in 1968 in "Top Swimmers Train at Rosemead Park", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, 18 August 1968, pg. 235
- ^ Zorn trained with Philips 66 for the Olympics in "32 Named to the Olympic Swim Team", The Press Tribune, Roseville, California, 5 September 1968, pg. 6
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/zachary-zorn%7Ctitle=Olympics.com, Zachory Zorn, Biography|access-date=17 July 2024
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zac Zorn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "Santa Clara Swim Meet Produces Six World Marks", Santa Maria Times, Santa Maria, California, 8 July 1968, pg.12
- ^ "Four County Swimmers in AAU Meet", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, 12 August 1965, pg. 128
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