Passages: Steve Gregg, 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist, 68
Steve Gregg, a silver medalist on the 1976 Montreal Olympics, died on Sept. 11. He was 68 years previous.
Gregg gained silver within the males’s 200 butterfly on the 1976 Olympics, his time of 1:59.54 beneath the prevailing world report of East Germany’s Roger Pyttel however behind the report set on the day by fellow American Mike Bruner. Invoice Forrester made it a sweep of the rostrum for the Individuals as a part of a traditionally dominant delegation in Montreal.
Gregg additionally gained silver medals in his signature occasion on the 1973 and 1978 World Championships and on the 1975 Pan American Video games. All had been behind fellow Individuals – respectively, Robin Backhaus, Bruner and Greg Jagenburg.
Gregg was born and raised in Delaware, a graduate of Tatnall College. He swam collegiately at NC State, the place he was a 4-time All-American and a four-time ACC champion within the 200 fly, the primary athlete to tug that feat.
Gregg earned a grasp’s diploma on the College of Arizona and a Ph.D. in train and biochemistry from the College of California, Berkeley, with a profession in world advertising and marketing and communications that took him all around the world. He’s a member state halls of fame in Delaware, North Carolina and Arizona in addition to the NC State Corridor of Fame, as its first swimmer to be inducted. He was a part of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, was concerned with Swim Throughout America and was on the board of administrators of the Worldwide Swimming Corridor of Fame.
Gregg is survived by his spouse, Jennifer Garr, two siblings and two nieces. In lieu of flowers, the household asks that donations be made in his title to the NC State Swimming and Diving program.
