About Mike Burton (swimmer)
Michael Jay Burton (born July 3, 1947) is an American swimmer who competed for the University of California at Los Angeles, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in two freestyle distance events. He would later have a career as a swimming coach. == Early life == In eighth grade, Burton was hit by a furniture truck while riding a bicycle with a friend. He had formerly loved to play football and basketball, but the injuries he sustained from his accident made him abandon contact sports, and left swimming as one of his few fitness options. He graduated from El Camino High School. Benefitting from his highly competitive club coaching at Arden Hills, Burden won 10 AAU titles while at El Camino. === University of California at Los Angeles === Burton attended the University of California at Los Angeles where he swam for Hall of Fame Coach Bob Horn. He won individual NCAA titles five times during his swimming years at UCLA from 1967-1970. During his collegiate years, his AAU titles included the 500 Free (1970), 1650 Free (1967, 1968, 1970), and 200 Fly (1970), and he was named an All-American for winning these events. In conference play, he was a four-time Pac-10 champion at UCLA, and helped lead the Bruins to the Pac-10 Championship Team Title in 1970.
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