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Matt Biondi

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Full nameMatthew Nicholas Biondi
Nicknames"Matt"
NationalityUnited States
StrokesFreestyle and butterfly
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Birth dateOctober 8, 1965(age 44)
Birth placeMoraga, California
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6.7 in)

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Matthew Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965 in Palo Alto, California) is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals. He is a member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

In the 1988 Summer Olympics, Biondi equalled Mark Spitz as the second swimmer to win seven medals in one Games. Biondi left Seoul with five gold medals, setting world records in four of those events.

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Preceded by
US Tom Jager
Men's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

June 26, 1986 - August 13, 1987
Succeeded by
US Tom Jager
Preceded by
US Tom Jager
Men's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

September 24, 1988 - August 20, 1989
Succeeded by
US Tom Jager
Preceded by
US Rowdy Gaines
Men's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

6 August 1985 - 18 June 1994
Succeeded by
RU Alexander Popov
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
FRG Michael Gross
World Swimmer of the Year
1986
Succeeded by
HU Tamás Darnyi
Preceded by
HU Tamás Darnyi
World Swimmer of the Year
1988
Succeeded by
US Mike Barrowman
Preceded by
CA Ben Johnson
United Press International Athlete of the Year
1988
Succeeded by
FRG Boris Becker

Medal Record
Men’s swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold1984 Los Angeles4x100 m freestyle
Gold1988 Seoul50 m freestyle
Gold1988 Seoul100 m freestyle
Gold1988 Seoul4x100 m freestyle
Gold1988 Seoul4x200 m freestyle
Gold1988 Seoul4x100 m medley
Gold1992 Barcelona4x100 m freestyle
Gold1992 Barcelona4x100 m medley
Silver1988 Seoul100 m butterfly
Silver1992 Barcelona50 m freestyle
Bronze1988 Seoul200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold1986 Madrid100 m freestyle
Gold1986 Madrid4x100 m freestyle
Gold1986 Madrid4x100 m medley
Gold1991 Perth100 m freestyle
Gold1991 Perth4x100 m freestyle
Gold1991 Perth4x100 m medley
Silver1986 Madrid100 m butterfly
Silver1991 Perth50 m freestyle
Bronze1986 Madrid50 m freestyle
Bronze1986 Madrid200 m freestyle
Bronze1986 Madrid4x200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Games
Gold1985 Tokyo50 m freestyle
Gold1985 Tokyo100 m freestyle
Gold1985 Tokyo4x200 m freestyle
Gold1985 Tokyo4x100 m medley
Gold1987 Brisbane100 m freestyle
Gold1987 Brisbane4x100 m freestyle
Gold1987 Brisbane4x100 m medley
Gold1987 Brisbane4x200 m freestyle
Gold1989 Tokyo4x100 m medley
Gold1991 Brisbane100 m freestyle
Gold1991 Brisbane4x100 m freestyle
Gold1991 Brisbane4x100 m medley
Gold1991 Brisbane100 m butterfly
Silver1985 Tokyo200 m freestyle
Silver1987 Brisbane50 m freestyle
Silver1991 Brisbane50 m freestyle
Bronze1985 Tokyo100 m butterfly
Bronze1987 Brisbane100 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
Gold1985 Kobe100 m freestyle
Gold1985 Kobe200 m freestyle
Gold1985 Kobe4x100 m freestyle
Gold1985 Kobe4x200 m freestyle


1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Matt Biondi * Rick Carey * Chris Cavanaugh * George DiCarlo * Jeff Float * Geoffrey Gaberino * Rowdy Gaines * Matt Gribble * Bruce Hayes * Mike Heath * Tom Jager * Patrick Kennedy * Jeff Kostoff * David Larson * Robin Leamy * Steve Lundquist * John Moffet * Pablo Morales * John Mykkanen * Mike O'Brien * Rich Saeger * Rich Schroeder * Jesse Vassallo * Dave Wilson
Women's Team
Theresa Andrews * Tracy Caulkins * Tiffany Cohen * Sue Heon * Nancy Hogshead * Jenna Johnson * Kim Linehan * Mary T. Meagher * Betsy Mitchell * Susan Rapp * Kim Rhodenbaugh * Michele Richardson * Carrie Steinseifer * Jill Sterkel * Dara Torres * Tori Trees * Mary Wayte * Amy White * Sippy Woodhead
Coaches
Ron Ballatore * Ray Bussard * Don Gambril * George Haines * Charlie Hodgson * Doug Ingram * Frank Keefe * Skip Kenney * Richard Quick * Randy Reese * Mark Schubert

1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Mike Barrowman * David Berkoff * Steve Bigelow * Matt Biondi * Matt Cetlinski * Troy Dalbey * Mark Dean * Doug Gjertsen * Chris Jacobs * Tom Jager * Shaun Jordan * Dan Jorgensen * Lars Jorgensen * Jeff Kostoff * Brett Lang * Jay Mortenson * Craig Oppel * Rich Schroeder * Kirk Stackle * Bill Stapleton * Melvin Stewart * Dan Veatch * Daniel Watters * Dave Wharton
Women's Team
Beth Barr * Tami Bruce * Janet Evans * Leigh Ann Fetter * Erika Hansen * Andrea Hayes * Whitney Hedgepeth * Janel Jorgensen * Mitzi Kremer * Susan Lipscomb * Tracey McFarlane * Mary T. Meagher * Betsy Mitchell * Trina Radke * Susan Rapp * Jill Sterkel * Dara Torres * Laura Walker * Mary Wayte * Paige Zemina
Coaches
Steve Bultman * Dick Hannula (manager) * Mitch Ivey * Frank Keefe * Skip Kenney * Richard Quick * Eddie Reese * Randy Reese * Mark Schubert

1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team
Mike Barrowman * David Berkoff * Matt Biondi * Greg Burgess * Hans Dersch * Nelson Diebel * Lawrence Frostad * Doug Gjertsen * Joe Hudepohl * Scott Jaffe * Tom Jager * Shaun Jordan * Dan Jorgensen * Ron Karnaugh * Sean Killion * Pablo Morales * Eric Namesnik * Jon Olsen * Jeff Rouse * Roque Santos * Tripp Schwenk * Royce Sharp * Melvin Stewart * Joel Thomas * Dave Wharton
Women's Team
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton * Janet Evans * Nicole Haislett * Erika Hansen * Jill Johnson * Megan Kleine * Lea Loveless * Angel Martino * Anita Nall * Summer Sanders * Ashley Tappin * Jenny Thompson * Dara Torres * Janie Wagstaff * Angie Wester-Krieg
Coaches
Mike Hastings * Richard Quick * Eddie Reese * Mark Schubert * Richard Shoulberg * Nort Thornton * Jon Urbanchek

Olympic Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle

1904: (50 yards) Zoltán Halmay * 1988: Matt Biondi * 1992: Alexander Popov * 1996: Alexander Popov * 2000: Anthony Ervin and Gary Hall, Jr. * 2004: Gary Hall, Jr. * 2008: César Cielo Filho

Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1896: Alfréd Hajós * 1904: (100 yards) Zoltán Halmay * 1906: Charles Daniels * 1908: Charles Daniels * 1912: Duke Kahanamoku * 1920: Duke Kahanamoku * 1924: Johnny Weissmuller * 1928: Johnny Weissmuller * 1932: Yasuji Miyazaki * 1936: Ferenc Csík * 1948: Walter Ris * 1952: Clarke Scholes * 1956: Jon Henricks * 1960: John Devitt * 1964: Don Schollander * 1968: Michael Wenden * 1972: Mark Spitz * 1976: Jim Montgomery * 1980: Jörg Woithe * 1984: Rowdy Gaines * 1988: Matt Biondi * 1992: Alexander Popov * 1996: Alexander Popov * 2000: Pieter van den Hoogenband * 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband * 2008: Alain Bernard

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) * 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) * 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) * 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) * 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) * 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) * 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) * 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) * 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) * 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) * 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) * 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) * 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) * 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) * 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) * 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) * 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) * 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) * 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) * 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) * 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) * 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) * 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) * 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) * 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) * 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) * 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi) * 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) * 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) * 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller) * 2008: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Berens, Vanderkaay)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960 USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) * 1964 USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) * 1968 USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) * 1972 USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) * 1976 USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) * 1980 Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) * 1984 USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) * 1988 USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) * 1992 USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) * 1996 USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) * 2000 USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) * 2004 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) * 2008 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)

World Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1973: Jim Montgomery (USA) * 1975: Andy Coan (USA) * 1978: David McCagg (USA) * 1982: Jörg Woithe (GDR) * 1986: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1994: Alexander Popov (RUS) * 1998: Alexander Popov (RUS) * 2001: Anthony Ervin (USA) * 2003: Alexander Popov (RUS) * 2005: Filippo Magnini (ITA) * 2007: Filippo Magnini (ITA) / Brent Hayden (CAN) * 2009: César Cielo Filho (BRA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle

1985: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1987 - 1991: Tom Jager (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997: Ricardo Busquets (PUR) & Bill Pilczuk (USA) * 1999: Brendon Dedekind (RSA) * 2002: Jason Lezak (USA) * 2006: Cullen Jones (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1985 - 1987: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1989: Brent Lang (USA) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1993: Jon Olsen (USA) * 1995: Gary Hall Jr. (USA) * 1997 - 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) * 2006: Brent Hayden (CAN)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly

1985: Pablo Morales (USA) * 1987: Pablo Morales (USA) * 1989: Anthony Nesty (SUR) * 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1993: Mark Henderson (USA) * 1995: Scott Miller (AUS) * 1997: Neil Walker (USA) * 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) * 2002: Ian Crocker (USA) * 2006: Ian Crocker (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1985: USA (Carey, Moffet, Morales, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Veatch, Schroeder, Morales, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Rouse, Korhammer, Morales, Biondi) * 1991: USA (Rouse, Barrowman, Henderson, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall) * 1997: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Dusing, Walker) * 1999: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Wales, Walker) * 2002: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak) * 2006: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) * 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi) * 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager) * 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi) * 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen) * 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall) * 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker) * 1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe) * 2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel) * 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel) * 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen) * 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen) * 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis) * 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski) * 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis) * 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim) * 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe) * 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1959: Igor Lushkovskiy (URS) * 1961: Keigo Shimizu (JPN) * 1963 - 1965: Hans-Joachim Klein (FRG) * 1967: Don Havens (USA) * 1970: Frank Heckl (USA) * 1973: Vladimir Bure (URS) * 1977: John Ebuna (USA) * 1979: Marcello Guarducci (ITA) * 1981: Kris Kirschner (USA) * 1983: Sergey Smiryagin (URS) * 1985: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1987: Andy Jameson (GBR) * 1991: Stéphan Caron (FRA) * 1993: David Fox (USA) * 1995: Fernando Scherer (BRA) * 1997: Marcos Hernández (CUB) * 1999: Denis Pimankov (RUS) * 2001: Romain Barnier (FRA) * 2003: Andrey Kapralov (RUS) * 2005: Yevgeny Lagunov (RUS) * 2007: Andrey Grechin (RUS) * 2009: Sergey Fesikov (RUS)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

1979: Bill O'Brien (USA) * 1981: Andy Schmidt (USA) * 1983: Bruce Hayes (USA) * 1985: Matt Biondi (USA) * 1987: Frank Drost (NED) * 1991: Stéphan Caron (FRA) * 1993: Yann de Fabrique (FRA) * 1995: Yann de Fabrique (FRA) * 1997: Béla Szabados (HUN) * 1999: Mark Warkentin (USA) * 2001: Clay Kirkland (USA) * 2003: Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) * 2005: Yury Prilukov (RUS) * 2007: Adam Ritter (USA) * 2009: Sho Uchida (JPN)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1959: Great Britain: Unknown * 1961: Japan: Unknown * 1963: Japan: Unknown * 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman) * 1967: USA: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn) * 1970: USA: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl) * 1973: USA: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox) * 1977: USA: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna) * 1979: Not Held * 1981: USA: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner) * 1983: Soviet Union: * 1985: USA: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi) * 1987: USA: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas) * 1991: USA: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne) * 1993: USA: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox) * 1995: USA: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis) * 1997: USA: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones) * 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine) * 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk) * 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd) * 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard) * 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter) * 2009: USA: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1959: Italy: Unknown * 1961: Not Held * 1963: Not Held * 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman) * 1967: USA: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie) * 1970: USA: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl) * 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown * 1977: USA: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula) * 1979: USA: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp) * 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown * 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown * 1985: USA: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi) * 1987: USA: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen) * 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown * 1993: USA: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube) * 1995: USA: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher) * 1997: USA: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver) * 1999: USA: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin) * 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo) * 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshev, Prilukov) * 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio) * 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh) * 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe)



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