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Burwell Jones (Burwell Otis Jones) was born on 23 March, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American swimmer (1933–2021). Discover Burwell Jones's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Burwell Otis Jones
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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 23 March 1933
Birthday 23 March
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan
Date of death 6 February, 2021
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Nationality United States

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1920

Jones starting swimming by the age of five and at twelve began attending Chikopi Summer Camp in Ontario, Canada, where he started a relationship with University of Michigan Swim Coach Matt Mann II who served as a summer swimming mentor and had founded the camp around 1920.

During High School, Matt would occasionally drive from Detroit to Ann Arbor to swim with the outstanding swimmers coached by Coach Mann at the University of Michigan.

Swimming for swim Coach Dick Stuckey, Jones attended Detroit's Redford High School, where by 16 he was an All American in swimming.

1933

Burwell Otis Jones (March 23, 1933 – February 6, 2021) was a Physician specializing in Dermatology, and a former American competition swimmer.

1948

By November 1948, at 15, Jones held the National Individual Medley Record for his age group.

1949

As a 16-year old Junior in 1949, he helped lead a four person 200-yard relay to a National Interscholastic record.

During his High School career at Redford, he held 18 State championships, and had six metropolitan league records.

1951

He was a 1951 Pan American Games gold and bronze medalist, and a recurring age group National champion in United States Masters Swimming into his later years.

At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke, and a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside teammates Dick Cleveland, Ronald Gora and Bill Heusner.

Jones attended the University of Michigan beginning in February of 1951 after High School graduation.

In his Freshman year at Michigan in 1951, at the National AAU championships, he swam a time of 3:52.2, breaking the American record for the 300-meter medley, which then consisted of 100 meters each of Butterfly, Back, and Freestyle.

Jones was a four-time NCAA Champion, mostly in the 150-yard individual medley, a five time All-American, and a nominee for the prestigious Sullivan award given to the greatest single athlete of the year.

Jones was the holder of three world records in the 400-meter individual medley, and held the first world record in the event when the butterfly was first added.

He continues to hold the world record in the 150-meter individual medley, which at the time of his records excluded the butterfly stroke.

1952

He was an All American for the University of Michigan, and represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympics, later receiving a gold medal when Olympic rules changed allowing him to receive his medal for winning the preliminary in the 4x200 freestyle relay, though not competing in the final heat that won the event.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Jones swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Although the U.S. team finished first, Jones did not receive a medal under the 1952 rules because he did not swim in the event final.

Years later he would receive his gold medal after the rule changed.

During several summers, he trained with Soichi Sakamoto in Hawaii during his more competitive swimming years, as Sakamoto served as an Olympic coach for the 1952 Olympics.

As part of the U.S. Olympic team, he competed in Bermuda, Japan, and England and in his more competitive career was also mentored by Yale swimming coach Bob Kiphuth, and Ohio State Swim Coach Mike Peppe.

He swam and served as Captain in his Senior Year for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team under coaches Matthew Mann and Gus Stager in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) where he competed from around 1952 to 1955.

1956

In 1956, he married his college sweetheart, Rita-al Goding who survived him.

They were married 36 years and had five children, two boys and three girls.

In 1956, he was in Medical School, and didn't want to take the time out to train for the Olympics.

1959

He attended U of Michigan Medical School graduating in 1959, and did residencies at U. of Virginia, and then at the U.S. Air Force and Duke.

1960

Jones tried to stay in top competitive condition, and at age 27, despite a five year retirement from swimming, he attempted to make the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, but failed to qualify in the 200-meter freestyle despite improving on his earlier times.

With more competitive and younger swimmers abounding, he missed a spot on the team by only half a second.

1965

In 1965, he settled in Sarasota, Florida where he had a private practice in dermatology for many years.

After his move to Sarasota, Florida in 1965, he swam first with Suncoast Masters and then Sarasota YMCA Sharks Masters.

Jones observed that as far as the age for peak athletic performances are concerned, "It seems...there isn't a set peak. Instead it might be a plateau. It seems conceivable that this plateau could last from 18 to 50 or 60."

Considering Jones's times in Master's swimming through his 70's, his observations seemed to have merit.

Many of his Master's swim times, at least in his early years in his 40's nearly equaled his best collegiate times.

1970

Significantly, he was highly instrumental in the creation of U.S. Masters Swimming in 1970, and was an exceptional age group swimmer, beginning to compete in 1971.

He took Masters National Championships 110 times, held 145 total Master's national age group records, and won five FINA Masters World Championships.

1973

In June 1973, at age 40, he broke five age group records at the AAU Long Course Meet, and set a National age group record in the 100 freestyle of 1:00.6.

1974

In May, 1974, he swam a few events close to his earliest records at the AAU National Short Course Championships at Fort Lauderdale's Hall of Fame Pool, which included breaking his own record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.3, and swimming only one second off his previous year's time in the 200-yard freestyle.

1976

At 43, in April, 1976 at the AAU Southern Regional Masters Championships, Jones broke the National age group record for the 1,650-yard freestyle (mile) in a time of 18:25.0, the fastest time for the event for any age group.

1992

In 1992, he married Kathleen Anne Jones.

Jones became a Doctor, specializing in Dermatology.

2005

With his help in starting U.S. Masters, and his long list of records, he was inducted into the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005.