Background
Kennedy was born in Salem, Massachusetts. With the active encourage of his mother, he began his competition swimming career at the local Young Men’s Christian Association in Danvers, Massachusetts.
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Patrick Kennedy
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Foreign high school, he attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, where he competed for the Loyola Blakefield Dons prep swim team
Career
His family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, when he was 12 years old, and he became a standout age group swimmer for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Kennedy accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese"s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) from 1983 to 1986. He was the high points contributor to the Gators" back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship teams in 1983 and 1984, and was recognized as the Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) Swimmer of the Year in 1984.
Following his sophomore year, he qualified for the United States. Olympic team at the United States Olympic Trials.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Kennedy competed in the men"s 200-meter butterfly, and finished eighth in the event final with a time of 2:01.03. After the Olympics, Kennedy returned to the University of Florida to finish his undergraduate education.
He graduated from Florida with a bachelor"s degree in 1986, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2008.
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