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    Adolph Gustav Kiefer (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic competitor, the last surviving gold medalist of the 1936...
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  • surname include: Adolph Kiefer (1918–2017), American Olympic swimmer Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), German painter and sculptor Bertrand Kiefer (born 1955), Swiss...
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    behind fellow Hall of Fame American backstroker Adolph Kiefer and recorded a time of 1:07.7. Like Kiefer, Vande Weghe never achieved his full potential...
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    University of Texas swim coach Tex Robertson while he was training Adolph Kiefer for the 1936 Olympics. Flip turns are usually only used during freestyle...
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    phase, for example by the top backstroke swimmer from 1935 to 1945, Adolph Kiefer. However, Australian swimmers developed a technique where the arms are...
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    inventor. He was president of the company Kiefer-McNeil which was founded by fellow Olympian, Adolph Kiefer. Rademacher died in Sandusky, Ohio on June...
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    Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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  • Jack Medica  United States Shunpei Uto  Japan 100 m backstroke details Adolph Kiefer  United States Al Vande Weghe  United States Masaji Kiyokawa  Japan...
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  • 2008) June 27 Willy Breinholst, Danish humorist, writer (d. 2009) Adolph Kiefer, American Olympic swimmer (d. 2017) June 29 – Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice...
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    1934 Honolulu, Hawaii 12 2'24"0 Adolph Kiefer  United States 11 April 1935 Chicago, United States 13 2'23"0 Adolph Kiefer  United States 23 May 1941 Honolulu...
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    Milt Holland, session drummer and percussionist based in Los Angeles Adolph Kiefer, Olympic swimming champion (1936), Navy vet, inventor and businessman...
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  • real life "Crash" Davis of Bull Durham movie - Duke University 1940 Adolph Kiefer - Gold Medalist in 100M backstroke in 1936 Olympics - University of...
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  • Almir Guineto, 70, Brazilian sambista, kidney disease and diabetes. Adolph Kiefer, 98, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1936). Bernard Mitton, 62,...
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  • June 26 – Raleigh Rhodes, combat fighter pilot (d. 2007) June 27 – Adolph Kiefer, Olympic champion swimmer (d. 2017) June 28 – Marshall Brown, professional...
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  • 2002) 1916 – Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998) 1918 – Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017) 1919 – M. Carl Holman, American author,...
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    United States Lifesaving Association United States Life-Saving Service Adolph Kiefer "About Lifesaving". Retrieved 2018-08-20. Sharp, John G.M., Americans...
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  • Irie  Japan 1:09.8 Kentaro Kawatsu  Japan 1:10.0 1936 Berlin details Adolph Kiefer  United States 1:05.9 OR Al Vande Weghe  United States 1:07.7 Masaji...
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  • and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics. Adolph Kiefer set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1:06.9 minutes. He bettered...
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  • Doctor of Evolutionary Biology Nicholas Priest and a son-in-law of Adolph Kiefer, a 1936 Olympics champion. He is also a member and longtime sponsor...
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  • Edwin Sherin, theatre, film, and television director (b. 1930) May 5 Adolph Kiefer, 1936 Olympic swimming gold medalist (b. 1918) Quinn O'Hara, Scottish-born...
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  • Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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    University of Michigan. Meanwhile he also trained Adolph Kiefer for the 1936 Summer Olympics where Kiefer won a gold medal in the backstroke. In 1935, Tex...
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  • Jack Medica  United States Shunpei Uto  Japan 100 m backstroke details Adolph Kiefer  United States Al Vande Weghe  United States Masaji Kiyokawa  Japan...
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    400-meter freestyle and set a new Olympic record at 4:44.5, joining Adolph Kiefer as the only American swimmers to win a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics...
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    Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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    Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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  • Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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    Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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  • Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf...
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