American swimmer
David McCagg
Full name David Palmer McCagg National team United States Born (1958-03-13 ) March 13, 1958 (age 63) Fort Myers Beach, Florida Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle College team Auburn University
David Palmer McCagg (born March 13, 1958) is an American former competition swimmer , world champion, and world record-holder. He was the 100 metres freestyle champion at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in West Berlin .
Early life [ ]
McCagg graduated from Cypress Lake High School in 1976. He was a student at Auburn University ,[1] where he swam for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team.
Swimming career [ ]
He won four gold medals at the 1978 and 1982 world championships, and another three gold medals at the 1979 Pan American Games .[2]
After swimming [ ]
McCagg currently resides in Florida . He runs a company that develops devices to assist swimmers.
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World Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay
1973 : USA (Nash , Bottom , Montgomery , Murphy )
1975: USA (Furniss , Montgomery , Coan , Murphy )
1978: USA (Babashoff , Gaines , Montgomery , McCagg )
1982: USA (Cavanaugh , Leamy , McCagg , Gaines )
1986: USA (Jager , Heath , Wallace , Biondi )
1991: USA (Jager , Lang , Gjertsen , Biondi )
1994: USA (Olsen , Davis , Taner , Hall Jr. )
1998 : USA (Tucker , Olsen , Walker , Hall Jr. )
2001 : Australia (Klim , Callus , Pearson , Thorpe )
2003 : Russia (Kapralov , Usov , Pimankov , Popov )
2005 : USA (Phelps , Walker , Dusing , Lezak )
2007 : USA (Phelps , Walker , Jones , Lezak )
2009 : USA (Phelps , Lochte , Grevers , Adrian )
2011 : Australia (Magnussen , Targett , Abood , Sullivan )
2013 : France (Agnel , Manaudou , Gilot , Stravius )
2015 : France (Metella , Manaudou , Gilot , Stravius )
2017 : USA (Dressel , Haas , Pieroni , Adrian )
2019 : USA (Dressel , Pieroni , Apple , Adrian )
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay
1973 : USA (Stamm , Hencken , Bottom , Montgomery )
1975: USA (Murphy , Colella , Jagenburg , Coan )
1978: USA (Jackson , Nevid , Bottom , McCagg )
1982: USA (Carey , Lundquist , Gribble , Gaines )
1986: USA (Veatch , , Morales , Biondi )
1991: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Biondi )
1994: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Hall Jr. )
1998 : Australia (Welsh , Rogers , Klim , Fydler )
: Australia (Welsh , Harrison , Huegill , Thorpe )
2003 –2005 : USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2007 : Australia (Welsh , Rickard , Lauterstein , Sullivan )
2009 : USA (Peirsol , Shanteau , Phelps , Walters )
2011 : USA (Thoman , Gangloff , Phelps , Adrian )
2013 : France (Lacourt , Perez-Dortona , Stravius , Gilot )
2015 : USA (Murphy , Cordes , Shields , Adrian )
2017 : USA (Grevers , Cordes , Dressel , Adrian )
2019 : Great Britain (Greenbank , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
1967 : K. Walsh , , M. Spitz , D. Schollander (USA )
1971 : D. Edgar , S. Genter , J. Heidenreich , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : J. Babashoff , , , (USA )
1979 : R. Gaines , J. Babashoff , , D. McCagg (USA )
1983 : R. Leamy , M. Gribble , C. Cavanaugh , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : J. Born , , , (USA )
1991 : T. Ferreira , E. Nascimento , , G. Borges (BRA )
1995 : G. Hall Jr. , T. Jager , J. Davis , J. Olsen (USA )
1999 : F. Scherer , , A. Cordeiro , G. Borges (BRA )
2003 : C. Jayme , G. Borges , F. Scherer , J. Souza (BRA )
2007 : F. Silva , E. Deboni , N. Oliveira , C. Cielo (BRA )
2011 : C. Cielo , B. Fratus , N. Santos , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2015 : M. Santana , J. de Lucca , B. Fratus , M. Chierighini (BRA )
2019 : B. Correia , M. Chierighini , B. Fratus , P. Spajari (BRA )
: A. Stack , B. Stassforth , D. Cleveland (USA )
1955 : F. McKinney , , , C. Scholes (USA )
1959 : F. McKinney , , M. Troy , J. Farrell (USA )
1963 : R. McGeagh , B. Craig , W. Richardson , (USA )
: D. Russell , R. Webb , M. Spitz , K. Walsh (USA )
1971 : J. Murphy , B. Job , J. Heidenreich , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : P. Rocca , R. Colella , , J. Babashoff (USA )
1979 : B. Jackson , S. Lundquist , , D. McCagg (USA )
1983 : R. Carey , S. Lundquist , M. Gribble , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : , , , (USA )
1991 : , H. Dersch , M. Merrell , J. Thomas (USA )
1995 : J. Rouse , S. Van Neerden , M. Henderson , J. Olsen (USA )
1999 : A. Massura , M. Tomazini , F. Scherer , G. Borges (BRA )
2003 : P. Marshall , M. Gangloff , B. Michaelson , N. Brunelli (USA )
2007 : R. Bal , M. Gangloff , R. Berens , (USA )
2011 : G. Guido , F. França , G. Mangabeira , C. Cielo (BRA )
2015 : G. Guido , F. França , A. Mendes , M. Chierighini (BRA )
2019 : , N. Fink , T. Shields , N. Adrian (USA )