John Naber

John Naber is an American former competitive swimmer, a five-time Olympic medalist and former world record holder in multiple events. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1956, he studied in England and Italy where his father worked as a management consultant, graduated from Woodside High School in Northern California and earned a psychology degree in 1977 at the University of Southern California. There he led the Trojans to four consecutive NCAA titles from 1974 to 1977. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, aged twenty, he won four gold medals and a silver in the 200 metre freestyle, with every gold swum in world record time. He was later a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee.