Geoff Gaberino
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Full name | Geoffrey Steven Gaberino | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Geoff" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Dallas, Texas | July 18, 1962||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Steven Gaberino (born July 18, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Gaberino was a member of two national championship college teams and a four-time college national champion in relay events.
Early years
Geoff Gaberino was born in
College swimming career
Gaberino attended the
International swimming career
Gaberino qualified to represent the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[6][7] The American team of David Larson, Bruce Hayes and Richard Saeger set a new world record in the Olympic preliminary heat (7:18.87), only for the Americans to break the record again in the event final later on the same day.[7][8]
Gaberino has been inducted into the Tennessee Swimming Hall of Fame, Chattanooga Sport Hall of Fame, Baylor School Sport Hall of Fame, and the
Life after swimming
Gaberino and his wife Susan live with their two sons, Wilson and Spencer, in
His role in the "Olympic Day in the Middle School" program earned him the honor of being asked in the 1996 Olympics opening ceremony to be one of the eight bearers of the Olympic flag at the beginning of the games.
World records
Men's 4×200-meter medley relay
Time | Date | Event | Location |
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7:18.87 | July 30, 1984 | 1984 Summer Olympics | Los Angeles, California |
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
- List of University of Florida Olympians
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ Sports-Reference, Olympic Sports, Geoff Gaberino Archived November 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c Swim Across America, Olympians, Geoff Gaberino. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c Florida Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Media Supplement Archived February 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 78, 79, 83, 84, 87, 101 (2014). Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Associated Press, "Last event decides NCAA swim title," Santa Cruz Sentinel, p. D-3 (March 27, 1983). Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ University of Florida Alumni Directory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2000).
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Round One Archived May 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Associated Press, "Add 3 / U.S. gold total at 9," The Indiana Gazette, p. 14 (July 31, 1984). Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final Archived July 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "UF Hall of Fame inductees," The Gainesville Sun, p. 2C (April 12, 1996). Retrieved March 5, 2015.
Bibliography
- De George, Matthew, Pooling Talent: Swimming's Greatest Teams, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland (2014). ISBN 978-1-4422-3701-8.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geoff Gaberino". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.