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John Naber
- Won four gold medals, all in world record times, and a silver at the 1976 Olympic Games, winning the 100m and 400m backstrokes and the 400m and 800m freestyle relays.
- Silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in the 200m freestyle
- Broke six world records, four of them at the 1976 Olympics. His 100m and 200m backstroke world records stood for seven years.
- Inducted in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1984
- First backstroker to break the two-minute barrier in the 200m backstroke and the first to break the 50-second barrier in the 100m backstroke
- Won the James E. Sullivan Award in 1977, which is given to America's top amateur athlete
- Awarded Swimming World's Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1976
- Began play-by-play broadcasting in 1986, covering more than 35 sports and eight Olympic games
- Was elected captain of Xerox "100 Golden Athletes" at the 1996 Olympic Games
- Attended the University of Southern California, earning 10 NCAA individual titles
- First Olympic swimmer to win two medals on the same day of competition
- Is a motivational speaker
Naber is a motivational speaker, presenting to groups of between 25 and 25,000. “You have to decide what matters to you,” Naber says. “Whatever your desires are, there has to be a price associated with it, and the question here is, are you willing to pay that price?”
John Naber on motivation, as told to about.com: Now, as an adult, I define motivation as, "The excitement and enthusiasm you get whenever you imagine what it's going to feel like when your personal dream actually comes true." I realized that whenever I lost sight of my dream (or lost sight in its achievability), I lost my motivation, so the easiest way to get it back was to imagine the dream coming true. The goose-bumps would return, and that feeling helped me get back into the workout, the meet or the regimen necessary to succeed.
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Born: Jan. 20, 1956
Hometown: Evanston, Ill.
Sport: Swimming
Event: Backstroke
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