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Full name | Steven Garrett Gregg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Steve" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.[1] | November 3, 1955||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | September 11, 2024 | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Wilmington Swim School Southern California Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | North Carolina State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bob Mattson (Wilmington Swim Club) Don Easterling (NC State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Garrett Gregg (November 3, 1955 – September 11, 2024) was an American competition swimmer. He won silver medals in the 200 m butterfly event at the 1976 Olympics, 1975 Pan American Games, and 1973 and 1978 world championships. After graduating from North Carolina State University, he defended a PhD in exercise biochemistry and physiology at University of California, Berkeley, and eventually settled in the Chicago area with his family.[1]