Peter Asch
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Peter Gregory Asch "Pasch" (born October 16, 1948) is a retired American water polo player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Asch is Jewish.[1][2][3]
During his college career at UC Berkeley, Asch served as water polo team captain from 1968–1969, earned All-America honors in water polo for the Bears three straight years from 1967–69, and finished second in the first ever NCAA men's water polo championship. In addition, set the record for spending 9 straight hours at Kip's – along with the Shark, WilloDome, the Freak and the Snake. He also served as chapter president for Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Asch currently lives in California. In 1984, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[4][5]
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of select Jewish water polo players
References[]
- ^ Horvitz, Peter S. (April 2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. ISBN 9781561719075.
- ^ Mayer, Paul Yogi (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. ISBN 9780853035169.
- ^ Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. ISBN 9780028659282.
- ^ "Peter Asch (1984)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
External links[]
- Peter Asch at USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Peter Asch at Olympics.com
- Peter Asch at Olympedia
- Peter Asch at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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