Matt Gribble
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Full name | Matthew Owen Gribble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Matt" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas | March 28, 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | March 21, 2004 Miami, Florida | (aged 41)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.8 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 177 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Miami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Owen Gribble (March 28, 1962 – March 21, 2004) was an American competition swimmer, world champion, and world record-holder.
Born in Houston, Texas, Gribble broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly in 1983. He attended the University of Miami, where he swam for the Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. While swimming for the Hurricanes, he won two NCAA titles, two gold medals in the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Ecuador, and three gold medals at the 1983 Pan American Games. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic teams in 1980 and 1984.
On March 21, 2004, at age 41, Gribble died in a head-on automobile accident in Miami, Florida. He is buried at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Miami.
See also[]
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References[]
- Matt Gribble obituary, Boston Globe, March 29, 2004.
- Blog of Death website article.
- Matt Gribble at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1962 births
- 2004 deaths
- American male butterfly swimmers
- American male freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Miami Hurricanes men's swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Houston
- Road incident deaths in Florida
- Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games