American swimmer (born 1964)
Matthew J. Cetlinski (born October 4, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder.
Cetlinski was born in Lake Worth Beach , Florida .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida .[ 7] Wellington, Florida .
Cetlinski accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese 's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1983 to 1986.[ 8] [ 9] NCAA men's championship teams, as well as four consecutive SEC championships teams.[ 8] All-American honors over the course of his collegiate career.[ 8] [ 10] University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1997.[ 11] [ 12]
Cetlinski won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay , together with teammates Troy Dalbey , Doug Gjertsen and Matt Biondi who swam in the final, as well as Craig Oppel and Dan Jorgensen who swam in the qualifying heats of the event. The Americans set a new world record of 7:12.51 in the event final. Individually, Cetlinski also placed fourth in the men's 400-meter freestyle (3:48.09) and the men's 1,500-meter freestyle (15:06.42).
Cetlinski now works as an acupuncturist in Gainesville, Florida.[ 13]
^ "LAKE WORTH'S CETLINSKI IS A SHOE-IN FOR TOP HONORS" . Sun Sentinel ^ "OLYMPIAN LIFEGUARD THE SOCIAL LIFE DIDN'T DRAW MEDALIST TO PALM BEACH; FRIENDS A PAYCHECK DID" . Sun Sentinel ^ "WITH GOLD IN HAND, CETLINSKI READY FOR DIFFERENT STROKES" . Orlando Sentinel ^ "Cetlinski and Biondi Shatter American Records in NCAA Swim Meet" . Orlando Sentinel ^ "WITH GOLD IN HAND, CETLINSKI READY FOR DIFFERENT STROKES" . Los Angeles Times ^ "U.S. SWIM TEAM FINDS RIGHT MIX" . Chicago Tribune ^ "Cetlinski Nominated for Amateur Award ," The Palm Beach Post , p. D7 (January 12, 1984). Retrieved July 23, 2011.
^ a b c Florida Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Media Supplement Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine ^ Mike Bianchi, "UF still harvesting bumper crop of 1983 ," The Gainesville Sun , p. 1D (March 27, 1985). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
^ University of Florida Alumni Directory , University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2000).^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats . Retrieved March 3, 2015.
^ "Eight Join UF Hall of Fame ," The Gainesville Sun , p. 2C (April 4, 1997). Retrieved July 23, 2011.
^ Sharon Robb, "Swimming & Diving: Bolles continues state domination ," The Gainesville Sun , p. 13C (November 5, 2006). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR ) 1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ ) 1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA ) 1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA ) 1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA ) 1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN ) 1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN ) 1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA ) 1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA ) 1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS ) 1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA ) 1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA ) 1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA ) 1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA ) 1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA ) 1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS ) 1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA ) 1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA ) 1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN ) 1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA ) 2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS ) 2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA ) 2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA ) 2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA ) 2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA ) 2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR ) 2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )
1985: USA Heath , Biondi , Dillon , Oppel ) 1987: USA Dalbey , Biondi , Cetlinski , Oppel ) 1989: USA Stewart , Jorgensen , Olsen , Gjertsen ) 1991: USA Dalbey , Jorgensen , Hudepohl , Olsen ) 1993: USA Burgess , Eckerman , Taner , Davis ) 1995: AUS Allen , Housman , Dunn , Kowalski ) 1997: USA Carvin , Malchow , Taner , Davis ) 1999: AUS Thorpe , Kirby , Hackett , Klim ) 2002: AUS Hackett , Stevens , Cram , Thorpe ) 2006: USA Phelps , Lochte , Vanderkaay , Keller ) 2010: USA Phelps , Vanderkaay , Berens , Lochte ) 2014: USA Dwyer , Phelps , Lochte , McLean ) 2018: USA Seliskar , Pieroni , Apple , Haas )
