Reed Gershwind

Reed Gershwind
Personal information
National teamUnited States United States
BornMay 17, 1964 (1964-05-17) (age 60)
New York City, United States
Sport
SportSwimming, water polo
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  United States
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Koln 1981 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Koln 1981 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Koln 1981 400 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place Koln 1981 4×100 m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Koln 1981 4×200 m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 4×100 m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 4×100 m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 4×200 m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place Christchurch 1989 4×100 m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 4×100 m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 4×100 m medley relay
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's water polo
Representing  United States
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 water polo
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Reed Gershwind (born May 17, 1964) is an American deaf former swimmer who represented the United States at the Deaflympics and in other deaf championships.[1]

He holds the record for winning the most number of medals for United States at the Deaflympics with 30. He is ranked second among most number of medals earned by a Deaflympic athlete in history behind Terence Parkin's haul of 33.[2]

He is the most decorated US Deaflympic athlete.

  1. ^ "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Most medals in Deaflympics history". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved September 4, 2017.