Adolph Kiefer
Kiefer in Vienna in 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adolph Gustav Kiefer | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "Sonny Boy" "Old Man Kiefer" | |||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1918 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | May 5, 2017 (aged 98) Wadsworth, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 00 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Joyce Kainer m1941 | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Lake Shore Athletic Club | |||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | |||||||||||
| Coach | Stan Brauninger (Lake Shore) Tex Robertson (U Texas) | |||||||||||
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Adolph Gustav Kiefer (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) was an American competition swimmer who swam for the University of Texas, a 100-meter gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and a former world record-holder in numerous backstroke events. He was the first person in the world to break the one-minute mark in the 100-yard backstroke. Kiefer was also an inventor of new products related to aquatics competition and a founder of Adolph Kiefer and Associates, a swimming equipment company, in 1947.