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Tarzan: The Swimming Superstar Who Inspired Generations

Learn about Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimming champion who became the iconic Tarzan in 12 films, leaving a lasting legacy in sports and entertainment.

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Tarzan at the Olympics: Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals at the 1924 Paris Games

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming for the United States — there was Tarzan

The Independent UK

Steve Genter is selling his Olympic medals. But their real value is how he won them

Second fiddle to Mark Spitz and swimming with a collapsed lung, the American’s Munich story eclipses the medals’ worth

The Guardian - UK

Olympic icon Mark Spitz 'tricked Russians into growing moustaches' with cheeky lie

American swimming legend Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, after pulling the wool over the eyes of his main Russian rivals

Daily Mirror

When the Games Changed Forever

Fifty years later, the author recalls his bond with Mark Spitz, whose unprecedented Olympic performance was overshadowed by an act of terrorism.

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On this day in 2008: Michael Phelps breaks Mark Spitz’s Olympics record

Phelps claimed his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to surpass Spitz’s single Games record.

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