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David Johnson (swimmer)
David "Dave" Charles Johnson (born February 20, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer and 1968 Mexico City Olympic competitor. He later graduated Yale Medical School and became an orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in sports medicine.
Johnson was born on February 20, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Madeline and Dr. Edgar N. Johnson, an ear, nose, and throat specialist. After quitting first cross country his Freshman year and then high jump and javelin his Sophomore year at the Wilmington area's Archmere Academy, he took up swimming with ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Bob Mattson at the Wilmington Athletic Club around 1962. His younger brother Edgar N. Johnson, a future University of Delaware swim team captain and athletic director, would also swim for Mattson. David would continue to swim for the Wilmington Athletic Club with Mattson as coach throughout his time with Archmere, graduating in 1965, as Archmere Prep, though strong academically had no swim team.
Johnson knew little of the breaststroke or backstroke when he started swimming with the Wilmington Athletic Club and credited Mattson with his rapid success, particularly in the demanding individual medley event. Mattson had competed and excelled in both breaststroke and the individual medley as a Collegiate swimmer at North Carolina State and used his experience to mentor Johnson. To make an Olympic team with only five years of serious training was a rarity and a tribute to the swim program provided by Johnson's coaches Bob Mattson and later Yale's Phil Moriarty.
In December 1963, Johnson won the 200 Individual Medley event in a three-way tie in a meet record time of 2:09.8 at the Delaware State Indoor Swimming and Diving Championships at the Central YMCA in Wilmington, and also won the 100-yard backstroke in a meet record time of 1:00.5.
With only two years of swimming competition behind him, on January 10, 1964, Johnson set a new Middle Atlantic American Athletic Union district and resident record of 2:07.2, easily winning the 200 Individual Medley at an Open Invitational Meet at the Suburban High pool in Wilmington. He also took the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.1.
At the December 1964 Delaware State Championships at the YMCA pool in Wilmington, Johnson won both the 200-yard freestyle in a meet record time of 1:57.7, and the 200-yard Individual Medley in 2:14.0. At the July 27, 1964 AAU Delaware State Outdoor Swimming Championships, Johnson won the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:17, and the Open Mile in 19:27. Johnson was training an average of around four hours a day at the time.
In the July 1965 AAU State Swimming and Diving Championships, he won both the 200-yard Butterfly in a meet record time of 2:05.5, and the 200-yard Individual Medley with a record time of 2:09.6. His state tournament wins led him to All America honors. In his Senior year at Archmede Academy, where he was an Honor Roll student, Matson said of Johnson, he was "the best I've ever coached" and "He's the first boy I've ever coached who absorbed the full mechanics of swimming".
At the April, 1964 National Championships in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Johnson placed seventh in the 200-yard Individual Medley. In the 1965 National Championships, Johnson was a finalist in two events, finishing with a sixth and seventh.
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David "Dave" Charles Johnson (born February 20, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer and 1968 Mexico City Olympic competitor. He later graduated Yale Medical School and became an orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in sports medicine.
Johnson was born on February 20, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Madeline and Dr. Edgar N. Johnson, an ear, nose, and throat specialist. After quitting first cross country his Freshman year and then high jump and javelin his Sophomore year at the Wilmington area's Archmere Academy, he took up swimming with ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Bob Mattson at the Wilmington Athletic Club around 1962. His younger brother Edgar N. Johnson, a future University of Delaware swim team captain and athletic director, would also swim for Mattson. David would continue to swim for the Wilmington Athletic Club with Mattson as coach throughout his time with Archmere, graduating in 1965, as Archmere Prep, though strong academically had no swim team.
Johnson knew little of the breaststroke or backstroke when he started swimming with the Wilmington Athletic Club and credited Mattson with his rapid success, particularly in the demanding individual medley event. Mattson had competed and excelled in both breaststroke and the individual medley as a Collegiate swimmer at North Carolina State and used his experience to mentor Johnson. To make an Olympic team with only five years of serious training was a rarity and a tribute to the swim program provided by Johnson's coaches Bob Mattson and later Yale's Phil Moriarty.
In December 1963, Johnson won the 200 Individual Medley event in a three-way tie in a meet record time of 2:09.8 at the Delaware State Indoor Swimming and Diving Championships at the Central YMCA in Wilmington, and also won the 100-yard backstroke in a meet record time of 1:00.5.
With only two years of swimming competition behind him, on January 10, 1964, Johnson set a new Middle Atlantic American Athletic Union district and resident record of 2:07.2, easily winning the 200 Individual Medley at an Open Invitational Meet at the Suburban High pool in Wilmington. He also took the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.1.
At the December 1964 Delaware State Championships at the YMCA pool in Wilmington, Johnson won both the 200-yard freestyle in a meet record time of 1:57.7, and the 200-yard Individual Medley in 2:14.0. At the July 27, 1964 AAU Delaware State Outdoor Swimming Championships, Johnson won the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:17, and the Open Mile in 19:27. Johnson was training an average of around four hours a day at the time.
In the July 1965 AAU State Swimming and Diving Championships, he won both the 200-yard Butterfly in a meet record time of 2:05.5, and the 200-yard Individual Medley with a record time of 2:09.6. His state tournament wins led him to All America honors. In his Senior year at Archmede Academy, where he was an Honor Roll student, Matson said of Johnson, he was "the best I've ever coached" and "He's the first boy I've ever coached who absorbed the full mechanics of swimming".
At the April, 1964 National Championships in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Johnson placed seventh in the 200-yard Individual Medley. In the 1965 National Championships, Johnson was a finalist in two events, finishing with a sixth and seventh.
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