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Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was a physician specializing in dermatology, and a former American competition swimmer. He was an All-American for the University of Michigan, and represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympics, later receiving a gold medal when Olympic rules changed allowing him to receive his medal for winning the preliminary in the 4x200 freestyle relay, though not competing in the final heat that won the event. He was a 1951 Pan American Games gold and bronze medalist, and a recurring age group National champion in United States Masters Swimming into his later years.
Jones starting swimming by the age of five and at twelve began attending Chikopi Summer Camp in Ontario, Canada, where he started a relationship with University of Michigan Swim Coach Matt Mann II who served as a summer swimming mentor and had founded the camp around 1920. During High School, Bumpy would occasionally drive from Detroit to Ann Arbor to swim with the outstanding swimmers coached by Coach Mann at the University of Michigan.
Swimming for swim Coach Dick Stuckey, Jones attended Detroit's Redford High School, where by 16 he was an All-American in swimming. By November 1948, at 15, Jones held the National Individual Medley Record for his age group. As a 16-year-old junior in 1949, he helped lead a four-person 200-yard relay to a National Interscholastic record. During his high school career at Redford, he held 18 state championships, and had six metropolitan league records.
At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke, and a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside teammates Dick Cleveland, Ronald Gora and Bill Heusner.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Jones swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Although the U.S. team finished first, Jones did not receive a medal under the 1952 rules because he did not swim in the event final. Years later he would receive his gold medal after the rule changed. During several summers, he trained with Soichi Sakamoto in Hawaii during his more competitive swimming years, as Sakamoto served as an Olympic coach for the 1952 Olympics. As part of the U.S. Olympic team, he competed in Bermuda, Japan, and England and in his more competitive career was also mentored by Yale swimming coach Bob Kiphuth, and Ohio State Swim Coach Mike Peppe.
Jones attended the University of Michigan beginning in February of 1951 after high school graduation. He swam and served as captain in his senior year for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team under coaches Matthew Mann and Gus Stager in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) where he competed from around 1952 to 1955. In his freshman year at Michigan in 1951, at the National AAU championships, he swam a time of 3:52.2, breaking the American record for the 300-meter medley, which then consisted of 100 meters each of butterfly, back, and freestyle.
Jones was a four-time NCAA champion, mostly in the 150-yard individual medley, a five-time All-American, and a nominee for the prestigious Sullivan award given to the greatest single athlete of the year. Jones was the holder of three world records in the 400-meter individual medley, and held the first world record in the event when the butterfly was first added. He continues to hold the world record in the 150-meter individual medley, which at the time of his records excluded the butterfly stroke.
In 1956, he married his college sweetheart, Rita-al Goding who survived him. They were married 36 years and had five children, two boys and three girls. In 1992, he married Kathleen Anne Jones.
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Burwell Jones
Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was a physician specializing in dermatology, and a former American competition swimmer. He was an All-American for the University of Michigan, and represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympics, later receiving a gold medal when Olympic rules changed allowing him to receive his medal for winning the preliminary in the 4x200 freestyle relay, though not competing in the final heat that won the event. He was a 1951 Pan American Games gold and bronze medalist, and a recurring age group National champion in United States Masters Swimming into his later years.
Jones starting swimming by the age of five and at twelve began attending Chikopi Summer Camp in Ontario, Canada, where he started a relationship with University of Michigan Swim Coach Matt Mann II who served as a summer swimming mentor and had founded the camp around 1920. During High School, Bumpy would occasionally drive from Detroit to Ann Arbor to swim with the outstanding swimmers coached by Coach Mann at the University of Michigan.
Swimming for swim Coach Dick Stuckey, Jones attended Detroit's Redford High School, where by 16 he was an All-American in swimming. By November 1948, at 15, Jones held the National Individual Medley Record for his age group. As a 16-year-old junior in 1949, he helped lead a four-person 200-yard relay to a National Interscholastic record. During his high school career at Redford, he held 18 state championships, and had six metropolitan league records.
At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke, and a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside teammates Dick Cleveland, Ronald Gora and Bill Heusner.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Jones swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Although the U.S. team finished first, Jones did not receive a medal under the 1952 rules because he did not swim in the event final. Years later he would receive his gold medal after the rule changed. During several summers, he trained with Soichi Sakamoto in Hawaii during his more competitive swimming years, as Sakamoto served as an Olympic coach for the 1952 Olympics. As part of the U.S. Olympic team, he competed in Bermuda, Japan, and England and in his more competitive career was also mentored by Yale swimming coach Bob Kiphuth, and Ohio State Swim Coach Mike Peppe.
Jones attended the University of Michigan beginning in February of 1951 after high school graduation. He swam and served as captain in his senior year for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team under coaches Matthew Mann and Gus Stager in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) where he competed from around 1952 to 1955. In his freshman year at Michigan in 1951, at the National AAU championships, he swam a time of 3:52.2, breaking the American record for the 300-meter medley, which then consisted of 100 meters each of butterfly, back, and freestyle.
Jones was a four-time NCAA champion, mostly in the 150-yard individual medley, a five-time All-American, and a nominee for the prestigious Sullivan award given to the greatest single athlete of the year. Jones was the holder of three world records in the 400-meter individual medley, and held the first world record in the event when the butterfly was first added. He continues to hold the world record in the 150-meter individual medley, which at the time of his records excluded the butterfly stroke.
In 1956, he married his college sweetheart, Rita-al Goding who survived him. They were married 36 years and had five children, two boys and three girls. In 1992, he married Kathleen Anne Jones.
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