Eric NAMESNIK

Eric Namesnik won Olympic silver medals in the 400IM in both 1992 and 1996. At the World Championships, he was silver medalist in 1991 in both the 200IM and 400IM, and won a bronze in the 400IM in 1995. He swam for the University of Michigan and after his retirement from competition, became an assistant coach for the Wolverines, and coached the Wolverine Aquatics Swim Club. Namesnik was tragically killed when only 35 in an automobile accident caused by icy road conditions in his native Michigan.