Stephen Rerych

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| fullname = Stephen Karl Rerych

| nicknames = "Steve"

| national_team = United States

| strokes = Freestyle

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| collegeteam = North Carolina State University

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|5|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Stephen Karl "Steve" Rerych (born May 14, 1946) is an American retired surgeon{{Cite web |title=Dr. Stephen K. Rerych |url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/stephen-rerych-367094 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=usnews.com}} and former swimmer for North Carolina State University, a 1968 Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder.{{Cite web |title=Stephen Karl RERYCH |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/stephen-karl-rerych |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=olympics.com}}

Swimming career

Rerych attended North Carolina State University from 1964-1968 where he swam for outstanding Coach, Willis Casey. As an exceptional athlete, he also played baseball for NC State, and played pitcher the year the team progressed to the College World Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51529|title=Olympedia Bio, Stephen Rerych|access-date=15 July 2024}}

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Rerych won two gold medals. He swam the second leg for the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay; with relay teammates Zac Zorn, Mark Spitz and Ken Walsh, he helped set a new world record of 3:31.7 in the event final. He received another gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates John Nelson, Spitz and Don Schollander. Individually, he also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter freestyle, clocking a time of 2:00.6, but did not advance.{{Cite web |title=Stephen Karl RERYCH {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1154657/www.fina.org/athletes/1154657/stephen-karl-rerych |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}}

Professional career

He later went on to become a general surgeon. Rerych received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974. In 1975, he completed his internship at Duke University Medical Center in general and thoracic surgery. In 1986, Rerych was named the Chief Resident in General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery at Duke University and the Veteran's Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopack.com/sports/c-swim/spec-rel/092314aaa.html|title=NC State's 2014 Hall of Fame Class: Dr. Steve Rerych|access-date=16 July 2024}}

In 1990 he had his first and only child, Stephanie Rerych. In 1991, he served as an assistant clinical professor of general, vascular and thoracic surgery at the same institutions. Prior to moving to West Virginia, he was in private practice as a general, thoracic and plastic surgeon in Asheville, practicing at Memorial Mission Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital (now combined as The Mission St. Joseph's Health System).

References

External links

[http://www.gopack.com/sports/c-swim/spec-rel/092314aaa.html NC State's 2014 Hall of Fame Class: Dr. Steve Rerych – 2014 Hall of Fame Class article at Gopack.com]

Graduate of Peekskill

Military Academy-Class of 1964 Peekskill, New York

Category:1946 births

Category:Living people

Category:Peekskill Military Academy alumni

Category:American male freestyle swimmers

Category:American plastic surgeons

Category:Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni

Category:World record setters in swimming

Category:NC State Wolfpack men's swimmers

Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming

Category:Swimmers from Philadelphia