UC Irvine Olympians

John Morgan

  • Country USA Paralympics
  • Sport / Event Men's Swimming
  • Olympic Years 1984, 1992

Biography

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
Competed at two Paralympic Games (1984, 1992), compiling 13 Gold medals
 
Won five Gold medals at the 1984 Games in the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 200m IM and 400m IM
 
Won eight Gold medals at the 1992 Games in the 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 200m IM and 400m IM
 
Morgan’s success across both Games resulted in setting six world records
 
Competed as a blind swimming B1 category events
 
AT UCI
Swam for the Anteaters in 1986
 
EXTRAS
Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2008
 
Inducted into the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes’ Hall of Fame in 2011
 
Set 14 world records throughout his career