Jed Richard Graef (born May 1, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
 Graef at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jed Richard Graef | |||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1942 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | North Jersey Swim Association | |||||||||||
| College team | Princeton University | |||||||||||
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Graef grew up in Verona, New Jersey and learned the backstroke while competing with the Montclair YMCA swim team.[2] He attended Princeton University, where he was captain of the Princeton Tigers swim team in 1964.[3] Graef won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
Graef defended a PhD in psychology and is considered as a prominent authority in sports psychology.[1] He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1988.[5]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jed Graef". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Leitch, "No. 13: Jed Graef '64 Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine," The Daily Princetonian (November 27, 2006). Retrieved December 23, 2014. "Born and raised in nearby Verona, N.J., Graef spent his childhood summers in the waters of Lake Mohawk and joined the Montclair YMCA swim team at age 10."
- ^ Bric-a-Brac (Princeton University). 1964. p. 164.
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ "Jed Graef (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
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