- Michael O'Brien (swimmer)
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Michael O'Brien 
Personal information Full name Michael Jon O'Brien Nickname(s) "Mike" Nationality 
United StatesBorn October 23, 1965
Skokie, IllinoisHeight 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and Backstroke Club Mission Viejo Nadadores Medal recordMen’s swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1987 Indianapolis 200 m backstroke Gold 1987 Indianapolis 4x200 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Caracas 400 m medley Michael ("Mike") Jon O'Brien (born October 23, 1965) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 1500m freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
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1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Matt Biondi • Rick Carey • Chris Cavanaugh • George DiCarlo • Jeff Float • Geoffrey Gaberino • Rowdy Gaines • Matt Gribble • Bruce Hayes • Mike Heath • Tom Jager • Patrick Kennedy • Jeff Kostoff • David Larson • Robin Leamy • Steve Lundquist • John Moffet • Pablo Morales • John Mykkanen • Mike O'Brien • Rich Saeger • Rich Schroeder • Jesse Vassallo • Dave Wilson
Women's Team Theresa Andrews • Tracy Caulkins • Tiffany Cohen • Sue Heon • Nancy Hogshead • Jenna Johnson • Kim Linehan • Mary T. Meagher • Betsy Mitchell • Susan Rapp • Kim Rhodenbaugh • Michele Richardson • Carrie Steinseifer • Jill Sterkel • Dara Torres • Tori Trees • Mary Wayte • Amy White • Sippy Woodhead
Coaches Ron Ballatore • Ray Bussard • Don Gambril • George Haines • Charlie Hodgson • Doug Ingram • Frank Keefe • Skip Kenney • Richard Quick • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert
Olympic Champions in Men's 1500 m Freestyle 1904 (1 mile): Emil Rausch • 1906+1908: Henry Taylor • 1912: George Hodgson • 1920: Norman Ross • 1924: Boy Charlton • 1928: Arne Borg • 1932: Kusuo Kitamura • 1936: Noboru Terada • 1948: James McLane • 1952: Ford Konno • 1956: Murray Rose • 1960: John Konrads • 1964: Bob Windle • 1968: Mike Burton • 1972: Mike Burton • 1976: Brian Goodell • 1980: Vladimir Salnikov • 1984: Michael O'Brien • 1988: Vladimir Salnikov • 1992: Kieren Perkins • 1996: Kieren Perkins • 2000: Grant Hackett • 2004: Grant Hackett • 2008: Oussama Mellouli
Pan American Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1967: Ralph Hutton (USA) | 1971: Charlie Campbell (USA) | 1975: Dan Harrigan (USA) | 1979: Peter Rocca (USA) | 1983: Rick Carey (USA) | 1987: Mike O'Brien (USA) | 1991: Rogério Romero (BRA) | 1995: Brad Bridgewater (USA) | 1999: Leonardo Costa (BRA) | 2003: Rogério Romero (BRA) | 2007 – 2011: Thiago Pereira (BRA)Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) • 1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) • 1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) • 1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) • 1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) • 1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) • 1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) • 1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) • 1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) • 1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) • 1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) • 1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) • 2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) • 2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira) • 2011: United States (Dwyer, Robison, Houchin, Patton)
Categories:- American swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- USC Trojans swimmers
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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