North Baltimore Aquatic Club
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The North Baltimore Aquatic Club is an amateur swim club based in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1968, it continues to offer training for young swimmers. It is best known for developing seven Olympic
gold medal swimmers.
in Brooklandville
, but stopped using the pool because extensive heat causing it to be dangerous to the swimmers and at Goucher College
in Towson
.
, who initially competed in the 2000 Sydney Games
, then came back to win six gold and two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Games
. In the 2008 Beijing Games
Phelps broke seven world records and won the gold medal in all eight events he competed in. He now holds the records for most career Olympic gold medals in any sport and the most gold medals in a single Olympic game, and is two medals shy of the all-time record for most Olympic medals.
Olympic swimmers who have trained at NBAC include:
Olympic Games
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gold medal swimmers.
Facilities
The club started training in the Loyola High School pool, but as it has grown, it has moved between pools. It currently operates out of four pools with the main Meadowbrook facility at 5700 Cottonworth Ave in the Mount Washington neighborhood of northwest Baltimore. It also uses pools in Bel Air, at Park SchoolPark School of Baltimore
The Park School of Baltimore is a private, co-educational K-12 school located in Brooklandville, Maryland, USA, just north of the city of Baltimore. The campus lies to the south of Old Court Road in Baltimore County...
in Brooklandville
Brooklandville, Maryland
Brooklandville is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States near where the Jones Falls Expressway meets the Baltimore Beltway. The general area is a part of Lutherville, and some addresses in the area are considered to be in Lutherville, though Brooklandville has a...
, but stopped using the pool because extensive heat causing it to be dangerous to the swimmers and at Goucher College
Goucher College
Goucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287 acre campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary...
in Towson
Towson, Maryland
Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census...
.
Olympic swimmers
NBAC has produced seven Olympic swimmers overall. The organization's best known swimmer is Michael PhelpsMichael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
, who initially competed in the 2000 Sydney Games
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, then came back to win six gold and two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Games
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. In the 2008 Beijing Games
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Phelps broke seven world records and won the gold medal in all eight events he competed in. He now holds the records for most career Olympic gold medals in any sport and the most gold medals in a single Olympic game, and is two medals shy of the all-time record for most Olympic medals.
Olympic swimmers who have trained at NBAC include:
- Patrick Kennedy – competed at the 1984 Los Angeles games1984 Summer OlympicsThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
- Theresa AndrewsTheresa AndrewsTheresa Andrews is a former American college and international swimmer who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist.- Swimming career :...
– won two gold medals in the 1984 Games - Anita NallAnita NallNadia Anita Nall , more familiarly known as Anita Nall and now Anita Nall-Richesson since her marriage to Luke Richesson in 2002, is a U.S. Olympic medalist in competitive swimming...
– won a gold, silver and bronze in the 1992 Barcelona Games1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
. - Beth BotsfordBeth BotsfordElizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
– won two golds in the 1996 Atlanta games1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Whitney Metzler – competed in the 1996 Games
- Michael PhelpsMichael PhelpsMichael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
– competed in the 2000 Games (Sydney), 2004 Games (Athens), 2008 Games (Beijing). - Katie HoffKatie HoffKathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...
– competed at the 2004 Games, won one silver and 2 bronze medals in the 2008 Games.