Brian Goodell

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| caption = Goodell in 1978

| fullname = Brian Stuart Goodell

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| national_team = United States

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Mission Viejo Nadadores

| coach = Mark Schubert, Nadadores
Ron Ballatore, UCLA

| collegeteam = University of California, Los Angeles

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Stockton, California, U.S.

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Brian Stuart Goodell (born April 2, 1959) is an American politician, former competitive swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. He is a city councilman and former mayor of Mission Viejo, California.

Career

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, he won gold medals for his first-place finishes in the 400-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=SWI "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225022652/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=SWI |date=December 25, 2010 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008) He also won gold medals in both events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a silver medal in 1,500-meter freestyle at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali, Colombia.

After graduating from Mission Viejo High School, he attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition from 1978 to 1980. During his college swimming career, he won nine NCAA individual championships, including three times in each of the 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, and the 400-yard individual medley.[http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=472&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=791&ItemId=771 "Brian Goodell biography – USA Swimming"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427103620/http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=472&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=791&ItemId=771 |date=April 27, 2006 }} – USASwimming.org (Retrieved on July 6, 2008)

Goodell held the 400-meter freestyle (long course) world record from June 18, 1976 to April 6, 1979, and the 1,500-meter freestyle (long course) world record from 1976 to 1980.

He was recognized as the Male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 1977. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/brian-goodell--(usa).html |title=Brian Goodell (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=March 17, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923040046/http://www.ishof.org/brian-goodell--(usa).html |url-status=dead }}

Brian and his wife, Vicki Goodell, are currently licensed Realtors in California and have created The Gold Medal Group with Berkshire Hathaway.[http://www.thegoldmedalgroup.com/ The Gold Medal Group]

In 2016, Goodell was elected to the City Council of his hometown of Mission Viejo, California, and is serving as its mayor for calendar year 2020.

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519161713/http://cityofmissionviejo.org/government/city-council/member-profiles/council-member-brian-goodell Council Member Brian Goodell] - Official City Council Biography from the City of Mission Viejo
[http://www.briangoodell.com Brian Goodell for City Council] - Official campaign web site
{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/brian-goodell-1.html |title=Brian Goodell |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318125154/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/brian-goodell-1.html |archivedate=March 18, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}
{{webarchive |title=Brian Goodell (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923040046/http://www.ishof.org/brian-goodell--(usa).html |date=September 23, 2019 }}
[http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0002rk49 Portrait of Brian Goodell coming up for air, 1978.] Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.