Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff". Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Berkoff earned another gold medal by swimming for the winning United States. team in the preliminary heats of the men"s 4×100-meter medley relay. Berkoff was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 2005.
Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four Olympic medals during his career at two different Olympic Games. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea, he won a gold medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the winning United States. men"s team in the men"s 4×100-meter medley relay in the event final. Individually, he also won a silver medal by placing second in the men"s 100-meter backstroke event. He also won a bronze medal by placing third in the 100-meter backstroke.
