Jeff Float

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Float
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Apr 10, 1960(1960-04-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Buffalo
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aries

Jeff Float Biography

Jeff Float is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on April 10, 1960 in Buffalo, New York, United States.

Jeffrey James “Jeff” Float is a former American competitive swimmer, World Record holder, World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist. He qualified for the 1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team in three individual events, but could not participate when the United States boycotted the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Four years later, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. As the peer-elected Team Captain, Jeff earned a Gold Medal in the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, and finished fourth in the individual 200-meter freestyle event. In 2016 this 4×200-meter freestyle relay was designated the third greatest of all time.

Sports Illustrated featured Jeff on its July 1984 cover and in three subsequent articles. Vanity Fair also selected Float and his 4×200-meter teammates for the September 1984 cover and pictorial and published a follow-up article with photographs in August 1994. Other media exposure incorporates the following: appearances on television series, commercials and live interviews; magazine and newspaper covers and related stories; and myriad book forewords, chapters and quotations. Float served on the Board of Directors for the California President’s Council on Physical Fitness from 1985 through 2011. He was chosen as Deaf Olympian of the Century by the International Committee of Deaf Sports in 2000 and carried the Olympic Torch en route to the 1986 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. In 2008 his boycotted 1980 USA Summer Olympic Team was bestowed with Congressional Gold Medals of Honor. Jeff is also the recipient of numerous awards and an inductee in many Halls of Fame.

Jeff Float Net Worth

Jeff Float is one of the richest Swimmer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Float 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Float garnered ten Gold Medals and World Records in all ten available events at the 1977 World Games for the Deaf (renamed Deaflympics) in Bucharest, Romania. This remains an unprecedented record. Other swimming accomplishments include: Gold Medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1978 US National Championships in Woodlands, Texas; Silver Medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin, Germany; Individual First Places in the 200-meter individual medley and 500-meter freestyle at the 1978 National Prep School Championships in Mission Viejo, California; Gold Medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1981 US National Championships in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; two Gold Medals in the 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley at the 1981 USA vs. USSR in Kiev, Russia; Gold Medal in the 400-yard individual medley at the 1982 NCAA National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana; Gold Medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Gold Medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1982 USA vs. USSR in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jeff Float height 6 ft 3 in J. weight 187  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jeff Float Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

J. Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeff Float celebrates birthday on April 10 of every year.

Top Facts about Jeff Float

1. Jeff Float is a former American Olympic swimmer.
2. He won a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1984 Olympics.
3. Float was the first deaf athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.
4. He was born on December 16, 1961, in San Francisco, California.
5. Float attended Mission High School and later swam for University of Southern California.
6. In addition to his Olympic success, he also won multiple national championships.
7. After retiring from swimming, Float became a motivational speaker and advocate for the deaf community.
8. He has been honored with induction into several halls of fame, including the U.S.A Deaf Sports Federation Hall of Fame and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.
9. Despite facing discrimination early in his career due to his deafness, Float persevered and achieved great success as a swimmer.
10. Today, he continues to inspire others through his speaking engagements and advocacy work for those with disabilities.

When did Jeff Float become deaf?

At 13 months of age , Float lost most of his hearing to life-threatening viral meningitis. As a result, he is 90% deaf in his right ear and 65% in the left, thus becoming the first legally deaf athlete from the United States to win an Olympic gold medal.

How did Jeff float became deaf?

Float was almost completely deaf, with only 10% hearing in his left ear and 35% hearing in his right ear, the result of viral meningitis when he was an infant. In 1977 Float won 10 gold medals in 10 events at the World Games for the Deaf. Through the 2012 Olympic Float is the only deaf Olympic Champion in swimming.

When did Jeff Float start swimming?

Chavoor also trained swimming sensation, Mark Spitz, among others. Now, Float is returning to Sacramento to coach recreational swim at the Arden Hills Athletic & Social Club, where he started swimming when he was seven years old.