Matt Biondi
Chronology
| 1965 | Born October 8 in Palo Alto, California |
| 1984 | Earns Olympic gold medal |
| 1985 | Named American Swimmer of the Year and nominated for the Sullivan Award, which goes to America's outstanding amateur athlete |
| 1986 | Becomes first swimmer ever to win seven medals at the World Championships |
| 1987 | Graduates from University of California—Berkeley, where he was four-time All-American in both swimming and water polo, played on three NCAA Champion water polo teams, and was NCAA Swimmer of the Year three years in a row |
| 1988 | Wins seven Olympic medals, tying record set by Mark Spitz in 1972 |
| 1990 | Wins five medals at Goodwill Games |
| 1991 | Wins four medals at World Championships |
| 1992 | Wins three more Olympic medals and ties Spitz and shooter Carl Osburn with total of 11 |
| 1994 | Donates Olympic medals—eight gold, two silver, one bronze—to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago |
| 1995 | Marries Kirsten Metzger in Hawaii, her home state |
| 1998 | First son, Nathaniel, is born |
| 2000 | Earns master's degree in education from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon |
| 2001 | Begins teaching high school math in Hawaii |
| 2002 | Second son, Lucas, is born |
Additional topics
Famous Sports StarsSwimmingMatt Biondi Biography - Collegiate Champion, Olympic Pressures, The '88 Games, In And Out Of Retirement, Out Of The Pool