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Chet Jastremski

Jastremski in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Chester Andrew Jastremski
Nickname	"Chet"
National team	United States
Born	(1941-01-12)January 12, 1941 Toledo, Ohio
Died	May 3, 2014(2014-05-03) (aged 73) Bloomington, Indiana
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, individual medley
Club	Bloomington Swim Club
College team	Indiana University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 200 m breaststroke

Chester Andrew Jastremski (January 12, 1941 – May 3, 2014) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist and world record-holder.

Jastremski attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he swam for Doc Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team. He and Counsilman invented the "whip kick" to replace the frog kick, previously used in the breaststroke. The whip kick minimized drag and accentuated Jastremski's very powerful shoulders and upper arms. Over the years, the original whip kick (done from the knee to feet) morphed into the breaststroke kick that uses the entire leg. He was featured on the January 29, 1962 cover of Sports Illustrated.

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Jastremski represented the United States. He won the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a third-place time of 2:29.6. He again qualified for the U.S. team for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and swam for the winning American team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977, and the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Jastremski received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1968, where he was also a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic medical team. He served as a family practice physician for 35 years before rheumatoid arthritis led him to retire. He practiced medicine in Bloomington, Indiana, and frequently visited the Indiana University swim team throughout the years.

In 2007, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. He died on May 3, 2014, aged 73, in Bloomington, after battling cancer, arthritis, and Parkinson's disease.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 100 metres breaststroke
• World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

1. Profile Archived October 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, polishsportshof.com; accessed May 10, 2014.
2. College swimming: Jastremski dies at 73, South Bend Tribune (May 6, 2014). Retrieved May 10, 2014.

External links

• Chet Jastremski at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Chet Jastremski (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-12)
• Chet Jastremski – Archive video at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived June 16, 2011)
• www.toledoblade.com
• Sports Illustrated
• indianaswimming.us

v t e 1964 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's team	Wayne Anderson Mike Austin Bob Bennett Steve Clark Bill Craig Gary Dilley Bill Farley Jed Graef Gary Ilman Chet Jastremski Virgil Luken David Lyons Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Bill Mettler John Nelson Walter Richardson Philip Riker Carl Robie Dick Roth Roy Saari Fred Schmidt Don Schollander Lary Schulhof Ed Townsend Tom Trethewey Michael Wall
Women's team	Lynne Allsup Erika Bricker Donna de Varona Ginny Duenkel Kathy Ellis Cathy Ferguson Sharon Finneran Cynthia Goyette Jeanne Hallock Nina Harmer Tammy Hazleton Claudia Kolb Sandra Nitta Susan Pitt Marilyn Ramenofsky Martha Randall Judy Reeder Patience Sherman Terri Stickles Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson
Staff	James Counsilman (men's head coach) Peter Daland (women's head coach) George Haines (men's assistant coach) Harold Henning (manager) Elizabeth Philcox (assistant manager) Albert J. Sehorn (manager) Kenneth Treadway (assistant manager)

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)

• 1941 births
• 2014 deaths
• American male breaststroke swimmers
• American male medley swimmers
• American people of Polish descent
• Physicians from Indiana
• World record setters in swimming
• Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers
• Indiana University School of Medicine alumni
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
• Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
• Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
• Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
• 20th-century American sportsmen
• 21st-century American sportsmen