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Jon Sakovich
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Dehe Sakovich
Nickname"Jon"
National team Guam,  United States
Born (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 54)
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight163 lb (74 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSaipan Swim Club
College teamUniversity of Florida
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  United States
Pan Am Games
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata 400m Freestyle

Jonathan Dehe Sakovich (/səˈkvɪ/ sə-KOH-vitch; born June 26, 1970) is a former competition swimmer from Saipan who has represented Guam and the United States at international events. At the 1988 Olympics he represented Guam, where he set the Guam records in the 400-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley, all three of which still stand as of May 2009.

Sakovich accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese and coach Skip Foster's Florida Gators swimming and diving teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992. During his NCAA career, he received seven All-American honors. Sakovich graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in 1997.

Later in his swimming career, he represented the United States in such international competitions as the 1995 Pan American Games.

As of 2015, he is the head coach and aquatics director at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida.

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