Buddy Baarcke
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Full name | Leonide Alfred Baarcke | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Buddy" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | September 23, 1931 | ||||||||||||||
Died | March 10, 2017 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle, backstroke | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||||||||||||||
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Leonide Alfred "Buddy" Baarcke, Jr. (September 23, 1931 – March 10, 2017) was an American competitive swimmer, Pan-American Games medalist and swimming coach.[1]
Birth
Leonide Baarcke was born on September 23, 1931.[2]
Career
Swimming
In 1949, Baarcke graduated from
While at the University of North Carolina, Baarcke also began his coaching career,[3] where "he was very motivational and created enthusiasm".[1]
Baarcke was then drafted into the military for two years, but continued to swim competitively.[1][3]
At the 1954 National AAU Indoor Swimming Championships, he showed William Yorzyk and his coach Charles Silvia the butterfly stroke for the first time.[4] Yorzyk went on to be an Olympic gold medalist in the 200 metres butterfly event.[5] Also in 1954, he was the first American to set a world record for the butterfly stroke, in the 100 yards butterfly.[6][3]
Baarcke was the first American to go under 1 minute in the 100 yards in three separate strokes (freestyle, butterfly and backstroke).[6]
Leading up to the 1955 Pan American Games, Baarcke trained with the Tar Heel swimmers and divers,[1] and at the event, Baarcke placed third in the 100 metres backstroke event, and first in the 4x100 metres medley relay with his team.[7]
Swim coaching
Baarcke became a club coach and assistant college coach for 10 years, serving at the University of North Carolina while he was also a post-graduate student in 1954, 1957 and 1958, and the University of Florida later.[6] He continued swimming club coaching for another 40 years.[3][1]
During his coaching career, Baarcke coached 1 Olympic gold medalist, many Olympic medalists and 9 world ranked swimmers.[1][8]
In September 2016, Baarcke was inducted to the American Swim Coaches Association's coaching Hall of Fame,[1][3] and is also in the North Carolina Swimming Hall of Fame.[6]
Death
Leonide Baarcke died on 10 March 2017, aged 85.[9][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hall of Fame L.A. Buddy Baarke – American Swimming Coaches Association". American Swimming Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Leonide Baarcke Obituary (1931–2017) – Dahlonega, AL – AL.com (Birmingham)". al.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rutemiller, Brent (2017-03-14). "Passages: Hall of Fame Coach Buddy Baarcke, Jr. Passes Away At 85". Swimming World News. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ Barney, David E., and Robert K. Barney. "A long night's journey into day: the Odyssey of the butterfly stroke in international swimming." Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic Research, Oct. 2006, pp. 65+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176818711/AONE?u=googlescholar&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=535b6e53. Accessed 12 Dec. 2023.
- ^ "Olympedia – 200 metres Butterfly, Men". Olympedia. 13 December 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Class of 1988". North Carolina Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Pan American Games swimming medalists – Male". BestSwimming.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "Swimming World September 1962 – The Tiger of the South" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. Swimming World. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Tar Heel Swimming Great Buddy Baarcke Passes Away – University of North Carolina Athletics". GoHeels.com. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.