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Jack Chapman Medica (October 5, 1914 – April 15, 1985) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Medica won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and set a new Olympic record at 4:44.5,〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, ( Jack Medica ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, ( Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕 becoming the only American swimmer to win a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the 1,500-meter freestyle, recording a final time of 19:34.0.〔〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, ( Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Final ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕 Medica also received a second silver medal as a member of the runner-up U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Ralph Flanagan, John Macionis and Paul Wolf.〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, ( Jack Medica ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, ( United States Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕 The American relay team finished with a time of 9:03.0, behind the winning Japanese team.〔〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, (Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕 After his retirement from competition swimming, brought on by World War II, Medica taught water survival for the U.S. Navy after his impaired vision kept him from enlisting. He went on to teach at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also coached the Penn Quakers swimming and diving team.〔 During his elite career, Medica won 10 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) individual national titles and set 11 world records in distances ranging from 200 meters to one mile.〔International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, ( Jack Medica (USA) ). Retrieved January 29, 2013.〕 His 200-meter freestyle record set in 1935 stood for nine years, and his 400-meter freestyle record of 1934 stood for seven years.〔 He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1966.〔 ==See also== * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * List of University of Pennsylvania people * List of University of Washington people * World record progression 200 metres freestyle * World record progression 400 metres freestyle 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Medica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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