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{{Short description|American swimmer (1941–2014)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Chet Jastremski
| image          = Chet Jastremski 1963.jpg
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| alt            = 
| caption        = Jastremski in 1963
| full_name      = Chester Andrew Jastremski
| nicknames      = "Chet"
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Breaststroke]], [[medley swimming|individual medley]]
| club           = Bloomington Swim Club 
| collegeteam    = [[Indiana Hoosiers|Indiana University]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1941|1|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Toledo, Ohio]]
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2014|5|3|1941|1|12|mf=y}}
| death_place    = [[Bloomington, Indiana]]
| height         = 5 ft 9 in
| weight         = 176 lb
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| high school     = [[St. Francis de Sales High School (Toledo, Ohio)|St. Francis de Sales]]
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| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]]|[[Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games|200 m breaststroke]]}}
}}

'''Chester Andrew Jastremski''' (January 12, 1941 – May 3, 2014) was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], Olympic medalist and world record-holder.

Jastremski attended [[Indiana University]] in Bloomington, Indiana, where he swam for [[James Counsilman|Doc Counsilman]]'s [[Indiana Hoosiers]] swimming and diving team.  He and Counsilman invented the "whip kick" to replace the [[frog kick]], previously used in the [[breaststroke]]. The whip kick minimized drag and accentuated Jastremski's very powerful shoulders and upper arms. Over the years, the original whip kick (done from the knee to feet) morphed into the breaststroke kick that uses the entire leg.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He was featured on the January 29, 1962 cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.

At the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Jastremski represented the United States.  He won the bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke|men's 200-meter breaststroke]], finishing with a third-place time of 2:29.6.  He again qualified for the U.S. team for the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Mexico City, and swam for the winning American team in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|men's 4×100-meter medley relay]].  He was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] in 1977, and the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.<ref>[http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/swimming/chet-jastremski Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021092429/http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/swimming/chet-jastremski |date=October 21, 2013 }}, polishsportshof.com; accessed May 10, 2014.</ref>

Jastremski received his medical degree from [[Indiana University]] in 1968, where he was also a member of [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity.  He was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic medical team.  He served as a family practice physician for 35 years before [[rheumatoid arthritis]] led him to retire.  He practiced medicine in Bloomington, Indiana, and frequently visited the Indiana University swim team throughout the years.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In 2007, he was inducted into the [[National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame]]. He died on May 3, 2014, aged 73, in Bloomington, after battling cancer, arthritis, and [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>[http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/college/olympic/college-swimming-jastremski-dies-at/article_081e4c24-d4ff-11e3-b2ba-0017a43b2370.html  College swimming: Jastremski dies at 73], ''South Bend Tribune'' (May 6, 2014).  Retrieved May 10, 2014.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]
* [[List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres breaststroke]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres breaststroke]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{SR/Olympics|ja/chet-jastremski-1|archive=20161203090811}}
* {{webarchive |title=Chet Jastremski (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412200011/http://www.ishof.org/chet-jastremski--(usa).html |date=2015-04-12 }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616200232/http://www.ishof.org/video_archive/swimming/jastremski.htm |date=June 16, 2011 |title=Chet Jastremski – Archive video at International Swimming Hall of Fame }}
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/Amateur/2008/08/16/Toledoan-Jastremski-ruled-the-pool-before-Spitz-Phelps.html  www.toledoblade.com]
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/image/2008/08/16/800x_b1_cCM_z_%232235/Toledoan-Jastremski-ruled-the-pool-before-Spitz-Phelps.jpg  ''Sports Illustrated'']
* [http://indianaswimming.us/chet_jastremski.htm  indianaswimming.us ]

{{Footer USA Swimming 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1968 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:American male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:American male medley swimmers]]
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[[Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Indiana University School of Medicine alumni]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
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