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Mike O'Brien

1965 - Today

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Michael Jon O'Brien (born October 23, 1965) is an American former competition swimmer who won the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze and two golds in the Pan Am Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mike O'Brien is the 268th most popular swimmer (up from 287th in 2024), the 15,164th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,940th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Mike O'Brien ranks 268 out of 709Before him are Federica Pellegrini, Sylvie Fréchette, Alexander Dale Oen, Louis Handley, Agneta Eriksson, and Léon Marchand. After him are Jolanda de Rover, Tracy Caulkins, Rick Carey, Marleen Veldhuis, Therese Alshammar, and Franziska van Almsick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mike O'Brien ranks 823Before him are Samuel Bayer, Paul Weitz, Burhan Sönmez, Alex Winter, Bill Bailey, and Philippe de Chauveron. After him are Flávio Campos, Bertalan Hajtós, Sabrina Goleš, Nobuhiro Ueno, Carlos Mayor, and Nazia Hassan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike O'Brien ranks 15,170 out of 20,380Before him are Rutina Wesley (1978), B.J. Penn (1978), Cindy Hyde-Smith (1959), James Craig (1912), Lonnie Walker IV (1998), and Debra Wilson (1962). After him are Antonio Villaraigosa (1953), Bob Ludwig (1945), Robin Antin (1961), Erin Cummings (1977), Grayson Hall (1922), and Daniel C. Burbank (1961).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Mike O'Brien ranks 102Before him are Pablo Morales (1964), Tim Shaw (1957), Jenny Thompson (1973), Donna de Varona (1947), Janet Evans (1971), and Tom Jager (1964). After him are Tracy Caulkins (1963), Rick Carey (1963), Milorad Čavić (1984), Tiffany Cohen (1966), Mike Bruner (1956), and John Naber (1956).