Jack Nelson (swimmer)

Jack Nelson
Personal information
Full name Jack Weyman Nelson
National team  United States
Born (1931-11-08)November 8, 1931
Chickamauga, Georgia
Died November 5, 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 82)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club North Carolina Athletic Club
College team University of Miami

Jack Weyman Nelson (November 8, 1931 – November 5, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and swimming coach. He represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and competed in the men's 200-meter butterfly, finishing fourth in the event final. He later served as the head coach for the U.S. Olympic women's swim team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Nelson was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Coach" in 1994, and the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009.[2][3]

Swimmer & author Diana Nyad has asserted that Nelson molested her as a child.[4] Nelson died on November 5, 2014, of complications from Alzheimer's disease; he was 82.[5]

See also

References

  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jack Nelson. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  2. International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Jack Nelson (USA). Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. American Swimming Coaches Association, The ASCA Hall of Fame Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. Ariel Levy (10 February 2014). "Breaking the Waves". The New Yorker. p. 29. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/jack-nelson-coach-behind-1976-epic-relay-win-dies-battle-alzheimers-disease/


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