Mark Spitz

About Mark Spitz

Only Michael Phelps has won more gold medals for the United States than he did in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Mark Andrew Spitz is a former competitive American swimmer and has won the Olympics nine times. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, winning seven gold medals, all in record time. It was a feat that lasted 36 years until it was surpassed by American colleague Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic gold medals, one silver and one bronze, plus five from the American Union, and 31 from the League of Athletics. balance and eight titles of the College Athletics Association. During those years he set 35 world records, including two in beta and informal. Swimming World Magazine named him World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971 and 1972. He was the third athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals.

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Trivia

From 1968 to 1972, he set 33 world records.

Mark Spitz before fame

By the time he was ten years old, he had 17 national age group records.

Achievement of Mark Spitz

He achieved 33 world records between 1968 and 1972.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$20 Million

Mark Spitz family life

With his wife Suzy, whom he married in May 1973, he had two boys, Matthew and Justin.

Associations of Mark Spitz

Larry Buster Crabbe was a well-known Olympic swimmer from California.

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