David Berkoff

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Medal record
David Berkoff
David Berkoff
Men’s Swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul 4x100m Medley
Gold 1992 Barcelona 4x100m Medley
Silver 1988 Seoul 100m Backstroke
Bronze 1992 Barcelona 100m Backstroke
Pan American Games
Silver 1987 Indianapolis 100m Backstroke
Summer Universiade
Gold 1987 Zagreb 4x100m Medley

David Charles Berkoff (born November 30, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff." His brother, Kevin Berkoff, lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and works as Head Coach of William Penn Charter School's Swim team.

In 2005 Berkoff was made a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

[edit] References


Records
Preceded by
Flag of the Soviet Union Igor Polyansky		 Men's 100m backstroke
world record holder (long course)
August 12, 1988 – August 25, 1991		 Succeeded by
Flag of the United States Jeff Rouse


v • d • e
1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team
Men's Team

Mike Barrowman  •  David Berkoff  •  Steve Bigelow  •  Matt Biondi  •  Matt Cetlinski  •  Troy Dalbey  •  Mark Dean  •  Doug Gjertsen  •  Chris Jacobs  •  Tom Jager  •  Shaun Jordan  •  Dan Jorgensen  •  Lars Jorgensen  •  Jeff Kostoff  •  Brett Lang  •  Jay Mortenson  •  Craig Oppel  •  Rich Schroeder  •  Kirk Stackle  •  Bill Stapleton  •  Melvin Stewart  •  Dan Veatch  •  Daniel Watters  •  Dave Wharton
Women's Team

Beth Barr  •  Tami Bruce  •  Janet Evans  •  Leigh Ann Fetter  •  Erika Hansen  •  Andrea Hayes  •  Whitney Hedgepeth  •  Janel Jorgensen  •  Mitzi Kremer  •  Susan Lipscomb  •  Tracey McFarlane  •  Mary T. Meagher  •  Betsy Mitchell  •  Trina Radke  •  Susan Rapp  •  Jill Sterkel  •  Dara Torres  •  Laura Walker  •  Mary Wayte  •  Paige Zemina
Coaches

Steve Bultman  •  Dick Hannula (manager)  •  Mitch Ivey  •  Frank Keefe  •  Skip Kenney  •  Richard Quick  •  Eddie Reese  •  Randy Reese  •  Mark Schubert
v • d • e
1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team
Men's Team

Mike Barrowman  •  David Berkoff  •  Matt Biondi  •  Greg Burgess  •  Hans Dersch  •  Nelson Diebel  •  Lawrence Frostad  •  Doug Gjertsen  •  Joe Hudepohl  •  Scott Jaffe  •  Tom Jager  •  Shaun Jordan  •  Dan Jorgensen  •  Ron Karnaugh  •  Sean Killion  •  Pablo Morales  •  Eric Namesnik  •  Jon Olsen  •  Jeff Rouse  •  Roque Santos  •  Tripp Schwenk  •  Royce Sharp  •  Melvin Stewart  •  Joel Thomas  •  Dave Wharton
Women's Team

Crissy Ahmann-Leighton  •  Janet Evans  •  Nicole Haislett  •  Erika Hansen  •  Jill Johnson  •  Megan Kleine  •  Lea Loveless  •  Angel Martino  •  Anita Nall  •  Summer Sanders  •  Ashley Tappin  •  Jenny Thompson  •  Dara Torres  •  Janie Wagstaff  •  Angie Wester-Krieg
Coaches

Mike Hastings  •  Richard Quick  •  Eddie Reese  •  Mark Schubert  •  Richard Shoulberg  •  Nort Thornton  •  Jon Urbanchek
v • d • e
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960 USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964 USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968 USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972 USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976 USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980 Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984 USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988 USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992 USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996 USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000 USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) | 2008 USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
v • d • e
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1959: Italy: Unknown · 1961: Japan: Unknown · 1963: Hungary: Unknown · 1965: USA: (Mann, Tretheway, Riker, Roth) · 1967: USA: (Hickcox, Merten, Russell, Walsh) · 1970: USA: (Ivey, Shilling, Ferris, Heckl) · 1973: USA: (Johnson, Chatfield, Poucher, Knox) · 1977: USA: (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna) · 1979: USA: (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom, Peppas) · 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown · 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown · 1985: USA: (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet, O'Neil, McCadam) · 1987: USA: (Berkoff, Torres, Mortenson, Hansen) · 1991: USA: (Hansen, Kutler, Pajer, Schwenk) · 1993: USA: (Schwenk, Crawford, Pepper, Fox) · 1995: USA: (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis) · 1997: USA: (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones) · 1999: USA: (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce, Busse) · 2001: USA: (Marshall, Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff) · 2003: Ukraine: (Nikolaychuk, Lisogor, Serdinov, Yegoshin) · 2005: Ukraine: (Bugayov, Lisogor, Advena, Syzonenko) · 2007: Russia: (Smirnov, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin) · 2009: Japan: (R Irie, Sakimoto, S Irie, Harada)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkoff"
Personal tools