Andy Coan
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| World Championship medal record | |||
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Competitor for  United States |
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| 1975 Cali - Men's Swimming | |||
| Gold | 100 m freestyle | 51.25 s | |
| Gold | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3 min 24.85 s | |
| Gold | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3 min 49.00 s | |
| Andy Coan | |
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| Born | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| Occupation | Freestyle swimmer |
Andrew B. "Andy" Coan (born Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American freestyle swimmer.
In 1975, at just 17 years of age while representing Pine Crest High School at an Amateur Athletic Union swimming meet, he broke Mark Spitz's 12-day old 100 metre freestyle world record.[1]
Later that year, under the coaching of Jack Nelson, Coan won three gold medals at the 1975 FINA World Championships in Cali, Colombia. He won two part of the United States 4 x 100 metre freestyle and 4 x 100 metre medley relay teams and won his the third in 100 metre freestyle event.[2]
He continued his winning run at the 1975 United States National Swimming Championships, where he won a gold medal in the 100 yards freestyle event.
After graduation from Pine Crest in 1976, Coan attended the University of Tennessee on a swimming scholarship. Here, his dominance of freestyle swimming continued, as he won seven NCAA National Championships, winning the 50 and the 100 freestyle twice. He was also a member of four University of Tennessee 4 x 100 freestyle relay NCAA Championship teams, and won the 200 freestyle. Coan broke four American records while at University of Tennessee - the 50, 100, 200 and the 4x50 freestyle relay. In 1978, his sophomore year, he led the Tennessee Volunteers to the NCAA Championship and was named the university's Athlete of the Year.
Coan was inducted into Pine Crest High School's Athletic Hall of Fame.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Coan has a two year old son named Richard.
[edit] References
- ^ "Coan betters world swim mark", AP, The New York Times, 1975-08-05, p. 18.
- ^ World Swimming Championships Results. gbrathletics.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
- ^ Pine Crest Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees (PDF). Pine Crest School. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
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| Preceded by Jim Montgomery |
Men's 100 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 3 August 1975–23 August 1975 |
Succeeded by Jim Montgomery |
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| NAME | Coan, Andrew B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coan, Andy |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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