What is Adolph Kiefer?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} '''Adolph Gustav Kiefer''' (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) was an American former competition swimmer. He was the oldest living American Olympic champion and last Olympic champion of [[Berlin]]. He was also a former world record-holder. Kiefer was also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. He was the first man in the world to swim 100-yard backstroke in under one minute.<ref name=ishofprofile>International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, [http://www.ishof.org/adolph-kiefer-(usa).html Adolph Kiefer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145706/http://www.ishof.org/adolph-kiefer-(usa).html |date=2017-10-28 }}. Retrieved April 12, 2015.</ref> Kiefer was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He studied at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. In the 1960s, he worked with Mayor [[Richard J. Daley]] to build swimming-pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing the facilities needed for thousands of children to learn to swim. Kiefer died on May 5, 2017 at his home in [[Wadsworth, Illinois|Wadsworth]], [[Illinois]] at the age of 98. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.ishof.org/adolph-kiefer-(usa).html Adolph Kiefer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145706/http://www.ishof.org/adolph-kiefer-(usa).html |date=2017-10-28 }} – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame * [http://www.kiefer.com/our-founder-pages-317.php Our Founder – Adolph Kiefer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411083015/http://www.kiefer.com/our-founder-pages-317.php |date=April 11, 2015 }} – Founder profile at Adolph Kiefer & Associates, Inc. * [http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-adolph-kiefer-olympic-swimmer-brotman-talk-0616-20140623-column.html 1936 Olympian still gets a kick from swimming] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiefer, Adolph}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:American swimmers]] [[Category:Sportspeo