Zac Zorn

Zachary Zorn (born March 10, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer for the University of California Los Angeles and a 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. As a high performing swimmer for Buena Park, Zorn signed to swim for the University of California Los Angeles in May 1965.

Swimming for UCLA In 1968, he won the 100-meter freestyle NCAA title competing for University of California, Los Angeles under exceptional Coach Bob Horn.

International competition 1968 Olympic gold medal He trained for the Olympics with the Phillips 66 team in Long Beach California under Hall of Fame Coach Don Gambril, who would also coach him at the 1968 Olympics, with Olympic Head Coach George Haines. In one of his most publicized swims, Zorn set a world record in the 100 m freestyle of 52.6 at the 1968 Olympic Trials in Los Angeles.

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Though he progressed well in the preliminary rounds of the 100-meter freestyle, due to food poisoning the night before the event, placed eighth in the individual 100-meter freestyle finals. As he had previously set the individual world record in the 100-meter event at the Olympic trials, his last place finish was a disappointment and Australian teenager Michael Wenden's gold medal in the even was considered unexpected. Several American athletes performed poorly in Mexico City due to the high altitude.

Zorn won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle event swimming at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where the United States team heavily dominated the medal count. Winnipeg's Pan Am Pool, now a public facility, was built specifically for the 1967 Pan Am Games.

On November 3, 2012, he was inducted into the Hawai'i Swimming Hall of Fame.