Stephen K. Lundquist is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist.
Education
Attended Woodward Academy, College Park, Georgia
Graduated from Jonesboro High School, Georgia 1979
Graduated (Bachelor of Business Administration) from (SMU) in 1984
Graduated (Master of Business Administration) from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Executive Master"s Program) 1994
Graduate of Beverly Hills Playhouse School of Acting, and studied under Milton Katselas and Jeff Goldblum
Studied voice under Ron Anderson.
Career
Lundquist was the first swimmer to break two minutes in the 200-yard breaststroke. At 17 he broke his first world record and in his career he broke world and American records on 15 occasions. He first broke the 100-meter breaststroke world record in 1982 and held it until 1989 with the exception of one month when John Moffett held lieutenant
He also held the world record in the 200-meter individual medley in 1978.
He set American records in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley. Coached by Arthur Winters, Lundquist switched from a butterfly swimmer when he was 12 years old to the breaststroke, which is the stroke he came to dominate.
Winters was at the end of the pool when he broke his first world record at 17 years of age. Lundquist went on after the 1984 Olympics to spend much of his time volunteering his time for charitable organizations and making appearances on television and in movies.
In June 1985, People Magazine awarded him having the Best Chest of male celebrities, including a full-page picture of his muscular torso.
In 1996 when the Olympics were hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, he was an Olympic Torch Bearer, the Clayton County Master of Ceremonies for the torch run, and he was also given the honor of being the Olympic Flag Bearer at the 1996 Olympic Games. He currently runs his own business, Digipik, a digital media company in the Stockbridge, Georgia area. Johnny Carson Larry King Live Joan Rivers Good Morning America This Morning The Today Show Cable News Network Sports Talk Radio Talk Show Host during 1996 Summer Olympics Commentator for the Goodwill Games in Moscow.