Sherm Chavoor

Sherm Chavoor
Chavoor center, with his '68 triple gold medalists Sue Pedersen (left) and Debbie Meyer (right), 1967
Biographical details
Born(1919-04-10)April 10, 1919[1]
Hilo, Hawaii
DiedSeptember 3, 1992(1992-09-03) (aged 73)
Gold River, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949-1954[2]Sacramento YMCA
Schoolteacher
1954-1985Arden Hills Swim Club
Carmichael, California
1989-1990Rancho Arroyo Swim Team
1967Women's Pan Am Team
1968, 1972US Olympic Swim Team, Women
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
His swimmers won 20 Olympic Gold Medals
Awards
'02 ASCA Hall of Fame
'77 Int. Swim. Hall of Fame
'68 ASCA Coach of the Year
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Sherm Chavoor (April 10, 1919 – September 3, 1992)[3] was a Hall of Fame swimming coach from the United States. He coached Olympic swimmers Mark Spitz, Debbie Meyer, Mike Burton, Jeff Float, Susan Pedersen, John Ferris, Dave Fairbank, John Nelson and Ellie Daniel at Arden Hills Swimming and Tennis Club in Sacramento, California, which he founded in 1954 and coached through 1985.[4] Chavoor began coaching at the Sacramento YMCA prior to starting Arden Hills.[5]

  1. ^ "Deaths, Sherm Chavoor", Modesto Bee, Modesto, California, pg. 58, 5 September 1992
  2. ^ "Chavoor's Swim Team", Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, pg. 35, 11 July 1985
  3. ^ Sherm Chavoor, 73, A Swimming Coach. Obituary published by the New York Times on September 5, 1992; retrieved 2014-01-17.
  4. ^ Our Story page, from the Arden Hills website; retrieved January 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Sherm Chavoor. International Swimming Hall of Fame.