Joe Hudepohl

Joe Hudepohl
Personal information
Full name Joseph Bernard Hudepohl
Nickname(s) "Joe"
National team  United States
Born (1973-11-16) November 16, 1973
Cincinnati, Ohio
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 163 lb (74 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Shore Aquatics
Cincinnati Marlins
College team Stanford University

Joseph Bernard Hudepohl (born November 16, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.

Early years

Hudepohl is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was raised in the suburb of Finneytown. He is a 1992 alumnus of Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati[1] and graduated from Stanford University in 1997.

Swimming accomplishments

Joe Hudepohl was the youngest member of the 1992 United States swimming team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a gold medal as a member of the victorious 400-meter freestyle relay team, and earned a bronze medal as part of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. Hudepohl also represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal as a member of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team.[2]

Hudepohl's Olympic accomplishments followed a collegiate and prep swimming career. He was named National High School Swimmer of the Year in 1992 and won multiple NCAA championships while competing for Stanford University. He was also a member of two American record relay teams and part of a world record 400-meter freestyle relay team at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships.

Hudepohl presently resides in Tampa, Florida, where he works in the Growth Equities team of Logan Circle Partners, L.P., the traditional asset management arm of Fortress Investment Group.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "St. Xavier High School: Hall of Fame". St. Xavier High School. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pool no longer rules his world". Cincinnati Enquirer. Feb 10, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

External links

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