Bruce Furniss
Bruce MacFarlane Furniss (born May 27, 1957) is a former American amateur competition swimmer, Olympic double gold medalist, and ten-time world record-holder in four events. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he won the Men's 200-meter Freestyle and was a member of the winning U.S. team in the Men's 4×200-meter Freestyle Relay, both in world record time. Furniss broke ten world and nineteen American records, and won eleven Amateur Athletic Union and six NCAA titles.
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| Full name | Bruce MacFarlane Furniss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 27, 1957 Fresno, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Long Beach Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dick Jochums Long Beach Swim Club Peter Daland USC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Furniss was a proficient and successful individual medley swimmer, however it was his freestyle technique for which he is most often recognized and remembered. Many coaches and swimming experts lauded his "perfect freestyle stroke" and six-beat flutter kick as his best weapon against his much taller and bigger opponents.