• Source: Steve Lundquist

      • Stephen K. Lundquist (born February 20, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holder. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he won gold medals in the 100-meter breaststroke and the 400-meter medley relay.
      Lundquist was the first swimmer to break two minutes in the 200-yard breaststroke, and won every 100-yard breaststroke event he entered from 1980 to 1983. At age 17 he broke his first world record and in his career he set new world and American records on 15 occasions. He first broke the 100-meter breaststroke world record in 1982 and held it until 1989, with the exception of one month in 1984 when John Moffet broke it in June at the U.S. Olympic Trials (with Lundquist reclaiming it at the Olympic Games in July). He also held the world record in the 200-meter individual medley in 1978. He set American records in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley.
      Coached by Arthur Winters, Lundquist switched from a butterfly swimmer when he was 12 years old to the breaststroke, which is the stroke he came to dominate. Winters was at the end of the pool when he broke his first world record at 17 years of age. At SMU, Lundquist swam for Hall of Fame Coach George McMillion.
      Lundquist went on after the 1984 Olympics to spend time volunteering for charitable organizations and making appearances on television and in movies. In June 1985, People Magazine recognized him for having the Best Chest of male celebrities, which included a full-page picture of his muscular torso. In 1996 when the Olympics were hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, he was an Olympic torchbearer, the Clayton County Master of Ceremonies for the torch run, and the Olympic flagbearer at the 1996 Olympic Games.


      Achievements


      U.S. Honorary Olympic Team medalist, swimming, 1980
      United States Swimmer of the Year, 1982
      Olympia Award, 1983
      U.S. Olympic Team double gold medalist, swimming, 1984
      International Swimming Hall of Fame, inducted in 1990
      Georgia Sports Hall of Fame's youngest inductee, 1990
      Olympic flagbearer, torch-runner, emcee, 1996
      Voted America's Top Breast-Stroker of the Century By US Swimming
      Georgia State Games Cauldron Lighter, 1997
      3rd place, Super Dogs Super Jocks, 1998


      Education


      Attended Woodward Academy, College Park, Georgia
      Graduated from Jonesboro High School, Georgia 1979
      Graduated (BBA) from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 1984
      Graduated (MBA) from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Executive Master's Program) 1994
      Graduate of Beverly Hills Playhouse School of Acting, and studied under Milton Katselas and Jeff Goldblum
      Studied voice under Ron Anderson


      Appearances on America's major national talk shows


      Johnny Carson
      Larry King Live
      Joan Rivers
      Good Morning America
      This Morning
      The Today Show
      CNN Sports Talk
      Radio Talk Show Host during 1996 Summer Olympics
      Commentator for the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow


      Acting credits


      Regular on Search For Tomorrow TV Soap
      The Love Boat episode "The Shipshape Cruise"
      ABC TV's Actors to Watch Talent and Development Program
      Earth Girls are Easy
      Killer Tomatoes Eat France
      Killer Tomatoes Strike Back
      Return of the Killer Tomatoes
      Beach Boys MTV video "It's Getting Late"
      Splash videos
      After School TV special nominated for an Emmy entitled "Testing Positive"


      See also



      List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
      List of Southern Methodist University people
      List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
      World record progression 100 metres breaststroke
      World record progression 200 metres individual medley
      World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay


      References




      External links


      Steve Lundquist – Athlete profile at Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
      Steve Lundquist at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
      Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Lundquist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
      Steve Lundquist (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived April 12, 2015)

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