1. Eric Namesnik initially attended Butler Area Senior High School, transferring after his sophomore season to Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton, Florida.
10 Facts About Eric Namesnik
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Eric Namesnik accepted a swimming scholarship from the University of Michigan, to compete under coach Jon Urbanchek's Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team from 1989 to 1993.
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Eric Namesnik represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games.
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Eric Namesnik won a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1994 world championships, and two silvers at the 1991 world meet.
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Eric Namesnik set a new American record in the 400-meter individual medley on four occasions.
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Eric Namesnik later spent seven years as an assistant with the men's Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team under coach Jon Urbanchek.
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Eric Namesnik was a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University for two years before his death and was a coach for Wolverine Aquatics Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Eric Namesnik died on January 11,2006, from injuries sustained in a car accident the prior week.
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Eric Namesnik was survived by his wife, former swimmer Kirsten Silvester from the Netherlands, and their two children, Austin and Madison.
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Eric Namesnik is memorialized with a statue outside of the Butler County YMCA, along with his childhood coach John "Pump" McLaughlin.