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Andy Strenk

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Edward Strenk
Nickname	"Andy"
National team	United States
Born	(1949-07-07) July 7, 1949 (age 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Los Angeles Athletic Club
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 1500 m freestyle Universiade 1970 Turin 400 m freestyle 1970 Turin 1500 m freestyle 1970 Turin 4x200 m freestyle 1967 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle

Andrew Edward Strenk (born July 7, 1949) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games medalist.

Strenk represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He did not receive a medal, however; under the 1968 international swimming rules, only those relay swimmers who swam in the event final were eligible to receive a medal.

Prior to the 1968 Olympics, Strenk was a member of the U.S. national team assembled for the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, where he won a bronze medal in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 17:03.43. After the Olympics, he was a gold medalist in the men's 400-meter freestyle, 1,500-meter freestyle, and 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1970 World University Games held in Turin, Italy.

Strenk attended the University of Southern California, where he swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team. He graduated from Southern Cal with his bachelor's degree and Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1971, and earned a master's degree from the University of Würzburg in 1975. He later returned to Southern Cal and completed his doctorate in European history, and served as a lecturer at his alma mater.

Strenk has lectured and written on the impact of international sports on politics and international relations. He served as the historian of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics. He now works as an international business and development consultant and is a principal in Strategic Planning Concepts International.

See also

• List of University of Southern California people

References

1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Andrew Strenk. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
3. HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games: Men's Swimming Medalists Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
4. ^ Strategic Planning Concepts International, About Us Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
5. Marshall Ingwerson, "The Further Politicization of the Olympics Games," The Palm Beach Post, p. A19 (October 15, 1983). Retrieved September 24, 2012.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Strenk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.

v t e 1968 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Larry Barbiere Brent Berk Greg Buckingham Mike Burton John Ferris Gary Hall Charlie Hickcox Jack Horsley Mitch Ivey Chet Jastremski Brian Job David Johnson William Johnson John Kinsella Philip Long Don McKenzie Ken Merten Ronnie Mills John Nelson David Perkowski Stephen Rerych Carl Robie Doug Russell Don Schollander Andy Strenk Mark Spitz Ross Wales Michael Wall Ken Walsh Zac Zorn
Women's Team	Susie Atwood Catie Ball Jane Barkman Patty Caretto Ellie Daniel Diane Giebel Linda Gustavson Kaye Hall Jan Henne Toni Hewitt Cathy Jamison Suzy Jones Claudia Kolb Pam Kruse Kendis Moore Debbie Meyer Susan Pedersen Susan Pitt Susan Shields Jane Swagerty Lynn Vidali Lillian Watson Sharon Wichman
Staff	Sherman Chavoor (women's head coach) Frank Elm (assistant) Don Gambril (assistant) George Haines (men's head coach) Bill Lippman, Jr. (manager) Olive Mucha (assistant) Edwin Olson (assistant) Kenneth Treadway (manager)

• 1949 births
• Living people
• American male freestyle swimmers
• Olympic swimmers for the United States
• Swimmers from Philadelphia
• Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• University of Southern California faculty
• USC Trojans men's swimmers
• Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
• Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
• Swimmers at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
• 20th-century American sportsmen