American swimmer Mark Spitz had made history by winning ... Not much has been written about whether Spitz’s family was particularly observant, but one often-repeated story makes his father ...

Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all ... When he was two years old, his family moved to Hawaii, where his father Arnold taught him to swim. After four years in Hawaii, the family ...

This weekend, the Spitz family was in Fort Lauderdale, visiting the International Swimming Hall of Fame and attending the World Aquatics High Diving World Cup. While at ISHOF, Mark and Suzy had ...

If he's not jetting across the globe, Spitz is driving from his family's home in Los Angeles ... her hand shot in the air to identify Mark Spitz. When prompted by her teacher to explain who ...

Munich Olympics: Mark Spitz gave 'greatest athletic performance ... Winning this gold had been a life’s ambition since his parents moved the family from Terre Haute to Texas in the late 1940s ...

(CNN)-- Spitz's haul of seven gold medals in Munich in 1972 -- four in individual events, three in team competitions -- remains the greatest tally ever achieved by an athlete at a single Olympiad.

Mark Spitz had grown up in Sacramento ... Arnold, relocated the family to Santa Clara so he and his sisters could train with George Haines. Mark broke onto the international scene in 1965 when ...

S. swimmer Mark Spitz did more than win seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich – he set seven world records at the same time. Going into the Games there was tremendous hype surrounding ...