Gregory Jagenburg
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Gregory "Greg" Jagenburg (born c. 1957) is an American former competition swimmer and a World Aquatics Champion in butterfly who swam for Long Beach State and the University of Arizona under Hall of Fame Coach Dick Jochums. In August 1975, Jagenburg swam a 2:00.73 in the 200-meter butterfly, just .03 seconds behind Mark Spitz's standing world record in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.[2]
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Full name | Gregory Jagenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Greg" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-05-01)May 1, 1956[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Foxcatcher Swim Club Newton Square, PA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | California State–Long Beach University of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Frank Keefe (Suburban Swim Club) Dick Jochums (Long Beach State) (U. of Arizona) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By the age of 14, Jagenburg was swimming and competing in swimming in the New York area, winning the freestyle and butterfly events in an AAU age-group meet sponsored by the Yonkers Aquatic Council.[3]