Monte Nitzkowski
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kenneth Monfore Nitzkowski |
Nickname | "Monte" |
National team | Water Polo |
College team | University of California, Los Angeles |
Kenneth Monfore "Monte" Nitzkowski (September 7, 1929 – July 28, 2016) was an American former competition swimmer and water polo coach. He represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he finished with the eleventh-best time overall.[1] Nitzkowski acted as the U.S. water polo assistant coach at the 1968 Olympics and was appointed head coach for the 1972, 1980 and 1984 games.[2]
After transferring from
Nitzkowski was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1991, the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1993,[3][4] the Fullerton College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005, and the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.[5] In 2016, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of University of California, Los Angeles people
References
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 200 m Breaststroke". Full Olympians. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ Beck, Martin (2000-06-27). "Putting Resources in the Pool; Training: Cooperative effort by city, military, USOC and U.S. Water Polo has given national teams home in Los Alamitos". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "Kenneth Nitzkowski (1993)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Monte Nitzkowski Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame". UCLA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
Bibliography
- Nitzkowski, Monte, United States Tactical Water Polo, Sports Support Syndicate / Mark Rauterkus (1994). ISBN 1-878602-93-4.
External links
- Monte Nitzkowski at World Aquatics
- Monte Nitzkowski at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Monte Nitzkowski at the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Monte Nitzkowski at Olympedia