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Swimming & Diving:
Former UCI Swimmer John Morgan Elected to U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
May 14, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - Former UC Irvine swimmer John Morgan has been elected to the US Olympic Hall of Fame. John Morgan won 10 medals at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona. In Barcelona, Morgan set six world records and two Paralympic records. He won a total of 13 gold medals and two silver medals between the 1992 Games and the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Morgan, who is blind, set 14 world records in his swimming career, including five in the B2 classification and nine in the B1 classification. He currently holds nine world records in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), eight International Paralympic Committee (IPC) world records and eight Paralympic records. Morgan was named UCI's Most Inspirational swimmer in both 1986 and 1987. He represented the Anteaters at the PCAA (Big West) Championships. Morgan will be inducted to the Hall of Fame June 19th at the Harris Theater in Chicago. The 2008 Hall of Fame class consists of John Morgan, volleyball player Karch Kiraly, wrestler Bruce Baumgartner, runner Joan Benoit, figure skater Brian Boitano, boxer Oscar de La Hoya, equestrian J. Michael Plumb, basketball player David Robinson, swimmer Amy Van Dyken, shooter Lones W. Wigger Jr., figure skating coach Carlo Fassi, figure skater Carol Heiss Jenkins, special contributor Frank Marshall and the 1996 Women's Gymnastics team (Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps and Kerri Strug).
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