David Edgar (swimmer)

David Edgar Holmes ( born March 27, 1950 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ) is a former American swimmer and Olympic champion.

Career

David Edgar began in high school in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale with the swimming training. In 1968, he put an exclamation point first by squeezing the U.S. high school record in the 50 yd freestyle to 21.2 seconds. Ray Bussard took him to the University of Tennessee. Under Buzzard Training Edgar developed into a sprint specialist.

In his time at the University of Tennessee Edgar also learned the Flipturn, the turning technique that is made ​​with a rollover. With a special variation of this turning maneuver Edgar was able to gain a lot of time. Thus he became the first swimmer who swam the 100 yd freestyle in under 45 seconds. This turning maneuvers also made ​​him a specialist in short-course competitions.

1970-1972 Edgar won three U.S. college championships in a row over 50 and 100 yd freestyle at the short course. Its main competitors were Mark Spitz and Jerry Heidenreich. At the Pan American Games in 1971, which were held in the Colombian city of Cali, he won the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay gold medal. Also gold with this season he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (along with Heidenreich and Spitz ). In the competition, the U.S. squadron improved the world record two times. In the run, in the statement David Fairbank, Gary Connelly, Jerry Heidenreich and David Edgar, the world record has been improved for the first time with 3:28,84 minutes. This time was undercut in the final by David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich and Mark Spitz with 3:26,42 minutes again.

1996 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame David Edgar as Honor Swimmer.