David Wilkie (swimmer)

Scottish swimmer (1954–2024)

David Wilkie
MBE

Wilkie in 1974

Personal information
Full name| David Andrew Wilkie
National team| Great Britain
Born| (1954-03-08)8 March 1954
Colombo, Ceylon
Died| 22 May 2024(2024-05-22) (aged 70)
Height| 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight| 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Medley, breaststroke
Club| Warrender Baths Club
College team| University of Miami (U.S.)
Coach| Bill Diaz
University of Miami

Medal record

Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
|  1976 Montreal | 200 m breast
|  1972 Munich | 200 m breast
|  1976 Montreal | 100 m breast
World Championships
|  1973 Belgrade | 200 m breast
|  1975 Cali | 100 m breast
|  1975 Cali | 200 m breast
|  1973 Belgrade | 200 m medley
|  1975 Cali | 4×100 m medley
European Championships
|  1974 Vienna | 200 m breast
|  1974 Vienna | 200 m medley
|  1974 Vienna | 4×100 m medley
Representing  Scotland
British Commonwealth Games
|  1974 Christchurch | 200 m breast
|  1974 Christchurch | 200 m medley
|  1974 Christchurch | 100 m breast
|  1970 Edinburgh | 200 m breast

David Andrew Wilkie MBE (8 March 1954 – 22 May 2024) was a Scottish swimmer who was Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in 1976, the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960.[2] He is the only person to have held British, Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic swimming titles at the same time.[3] Wilkie, a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest and Britain's finest swimmer.[4][5][6]

## Early days[edit]

David Wilkie's parents came from Aberdeen, Scotland, but were stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when Wilkie was born on 8 March 1954.[7][8] His family regularly patronised the open air Colombo Swimming Club where Wilkie learned to swim.[7][9]

At 11 years old his parents sent him back to Scotland as a boarding school pupil at Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh,[10][11] and, while a student there, he joined the Warrender Baths Club, one of Scotland's most successful swimming clubs.[7][12] It was there that he began to train intensively and develop his specialist stroke, the breaststroke under one of Britain's leading coaches Frank Thomas,[13][14] whom Wilkie credited with giving him the motivation to become a world class swimmer.[7] In 1969, Wilkie was chosen to join the elite Scottish Training Squad organised by the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.[13]

## National and international success[edit]

In 1969, Wilkie swam representing Britain for the first time in an international swimming contest, where he came up against the Russian 200-metre breaststroke world record-holder Nikolai Pankin.[7]

Wilkie broke the British record for the 200-metre breaststroke in an international match against Denmark in July 1970.[13] He then won a bronze medal in front of his home crowd in the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in the 200-metre breaststroke breaking his own British record again.[13][15] He wore a swim cap for that event during the commonwealth games, making him the first elite swimmer to wear one in a major competition.[5][14]

In 1970, the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association awarded Wilkie the Nancy Riach Memorial Medal Award (awarded to the person who has the done the most to enhance or uphold the prestige of Scottish Swimming during the year) and the W.G. Todd Cup and Prize (Junior Swimmer of the Year). This was the first time in the Association's history that both awards had gone to the same person in the same year. Wilkie continued to hold the Nancy Riach award every year from 1972 to 1976.[15]

At the Scottish national long course championships in 1972, Wilkie won five events.[15] However Wilkie's world breakthrough came when he won silver in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, in a European record time of 2:23:67[15] in spite of being ranked only 25th in the world.[7] He also broke the Scottish record times for the 100-metre breaststroke and the 200-metre individual medley.[12]

Starting in 1973, Wilkie was studying and swimming in the United States.[16] He won the World Championship for 200-metre breaststroke in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and broke the world record.[17][18]

At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a gold in the 200-metre breaststroke, a second gold in the 200-metre individual medley, and a silver in the 100-metre breaststroke.[15] Also in 1974 at the European Championships in Vienna, Austria, he won a gold in the 200-metre individual medley in a world record time. He also won gold for the 200-metre breaststroke and silver as a member of the British 4x100-metre medley relay team.[15][19] From 1972 to 1976 he was unbeaten in 200-metre breaststroke races.[20]

## Olympic gold[edit]

However, it was after several years of further intensive training, while studying at the University of Miami on an athletic scholarship and competing for the university's Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving team,[3] that Wilkie's finest hour came. He won gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, in a world-record time of 2:15:11 and preventing an American sweep of the men's swimming gold medals. He also added a 100-metre silver medal to his collection in a time of 1:03:43.[15] His world record was to remain unbroken for six years.[6]

Wilkie won three Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National US Championships[21] and three NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships (NCAA) US college championships while at Miami, was four times All-American and was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.[22] The head swimming coach there was Bill Diaz[23] and his individual coach was Charlie Hodgson.[7]

He was European Swimmer of the Year three times,[21] British Sports personality of the year in 1975,[24] in 1977 he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire,[25] in 1982 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame[21] and in 2002 was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.[26]

## Post-competitive swimming[edit]

Following his retirement, Wilkie remained active in the world of swimming, involved in swimming aids and technology. He was said to be the first swimmer to wear a head-cap and goggles together in competition to improve the streamline effect within the water[5][14] although he also said he wore the goggles because of an allergy to chlorine in the water and the cap to keep his long hair in.[20]

Wilkie co-founded a healthcare company called Health Perception (UK) Ltd. in 1986. It was sold to William Ransom and Son plc in 2004 for £7.8 million.[27][28] In 1985 he met his Swedish partner Helen Isacson[6][27][29] with whom he had two children, Natasha and Adam who were 23 and 20 in 2013.[30] In 2009 he helped found Pet's Kitchen,[31] a pet food company supplying British supermarkets.[32]

In an interview with bunkered.co.uk in April 2016, Wilkie criticised the re-introduction of golf to the Olympic Games. He called Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player's claims that the Olympics would grow the game globally as 'absolute bullshit', while he also said that players who do not stay in Rio de Janeiro for the duration of the Games can not be classed as true Olympians.[33]

### 'The David Wilkie problem'[edit]

In 2017, BBC News reported that Wilkie (then aged 62) "was accused of swimming too fast" in his local Virgin Active swimming pool. Wilkie quit his Virgin Active membership and joined another gym.[34] Outdoor Swimmer magazine subsequently coined the phrase "the David Wilkie problem", meaning "the issue of how swimming pools manage their facilities to provide swimmers with a wide range of abilities, aspirations and expectations the best possible experience. The fact that 'lane rage' exists suggests that currently, they don't do a very good job of it."[35]

## Death[edit]

Wilkie died of cancer on 22 May 2024, at the age of 70.[36]

## See also[edit]

* Olympics portal

* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
* World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
* World record progression 200 metres individual medley

## References[edit]

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Wilkie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. ^ McLean, Euan (5 August 2001) "Swimming Great sporting moments; Scots swimmer David Wilkie takes gold in Montreal Olympics 200m breaststroke", The Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
3. ^ a b (31 July 2012) Coaches; David Wilkie MBE "Coached off the Coach", STV (Scottish Television), Retrieved 27 April 2013.
4. ^ (June 2008) "Scottish Olympic Legends Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine", The Winning Zone, Retrieved 21 May 2013.
5. ^ a b c (29 June 2012) "Golden Scots: David Wilkie in Montreal, 1976", BBC Sport Scotland, Retrieved 21 May 2013.
6. ^ a b c Campbell, Alastair (10 July 2004) "Wilkie's strokes of genius secure him place in history – and my talent pool", The Times, Retrieved 14 September 2013.
7. ^ a b c d e f g (June 2007) Past Masters: David Wilkie, Scotland's Olympic Gold Medal winning swimmer In the Winning Zone, Retrieved 20 May 2012
8. ^ David Wilkie Swimmer Aberdeen About Aberdeen, Retrieved 5 October 2013
9. ^ (2013) Colombo Swimming Club Official Web Page Retrieved 5 October 2012
10. ^ Philip, Robert (1 September 2011). "Chapter 50: David Wilkie MBE". Scottish Sporting Legends. Edinburgh, UK: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1845967703.
11. ^ English, Tom (6 January 2022). "David Wilkie on Olympic gold, Elton John & his journey from Sri Lanka to Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
12. ^ a b Gilmour, Jamie (1990). One Hundred years of Warrender baths Club. Macdonald Lindsay Pindar. ISBN 0951678701.
13. ^ a b c d Riach, Fraser (26 September 1970) "Poised to join world-class swimmers: Sporting Scots 4 – David Wilkie", The Glasgow Herald, Page 8, A copy is also available on the internet at [1], Retrieved 1 April 2013
14. ^ a b c "Coach to Olympic legend dies in pool". The Scotsman. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
15. ^ a b c d e f g Bislborough, Peter (1988). One Hundred Years of Scottish Swimming. Scottish Amateur Swimming Association. ASIN B000QB8VIG.
16. ^ "Wilkie back in the Scots team". Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
17. ^ "World record for David Wilkie". Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
18. ^ "A record swim from Wilkie; 1973". ESPN.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
19. ^ European Swimming Championships (Men) GBRAthletics, Retrieved 2 April 2013
20. ^ a b Gallgher, Brendon (24 July 2006) "Inspired Wilkie left the world in his wake", The Telegraph, Retrieved 2 June 2013.
21. ^ a b c (1982) "David Wilkie (GBR) 1982 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
22. ^ (1987) University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame Inductee; David Wilkie, Biography Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 April 2013
23. ^ Sharnick, Morton (24 March 1975) "Outsider In The Mainstream", Sports Illustrated, SIVault, Retrieved 31 May 2013.
24. ^ Anderson, Ron (7 November 1975) "Wilkie Sportsman of the year", The Glasgow Herald, Retrieved 2 June 2013.
25. ^ "Olympic heroes, No 25: David Wilkie". The Scotsman. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
26. ^ David Wilkie, MBE Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Sport Scotland, Retrieved 2 April 2013
27. ^ a b "Swimmer Wilkie is now millionaire". The Scotsman. 16 April 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
28. ^ (15 April 2004) Ransom(Wm)& Son. Acquisition FE Investigate, RNS, Retrieved 2 April 2013
29. ^ Heathfield Interior Design Company web page of Helen Isacson, Retrieved 3 June 2013.
30. ^ Robinson, Peter (20 July 2013) "Whatever happened to... Olympic swimmer David Wilkie", The Daily Express, Retrieved 14 September 2013.
31. ^ Pet's Kitchen official company web page Retrieved 14 September 2013
32. ^ (3 February 2013) "Olympic legend David Wilkie: Andy Murray became a Brit when he won gold.. he'll be English if he wins Wimbledon", The Daily Record, Retrieved 14 September 2013.
33. ^ Inglis, Martin (28 April 2016). "Olympic golf growth 'bullshit', says Wilkie". bunkered.
34. ^ "Olympian David Wilkie told off for swimming fast in Bracknell gym". BBC News. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
35. ^ Simon Griffiths (24 April 2017). "The David Wilkie Problem". Outdoor Swimmer. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
36. ^ "Olympic champion swimmer Wilkie dies aged 70". BBC Sport. 22 May 2024.

## Bibliography[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Wilkie (swimmer).

* David Wilkie by David Wilkie, Pat Besford and Tommy Long, Kemps, 1976; ISBN 978-0905255224
* Winning with Wilkie : A Guide to Better Swimming by David Wilkie and Athole Still, Stanley Paul, 1977 ISBN 978-0091295516
* Splash! : Swimming with Wilkie by David Wilkie and Kelvin Juba, Hutchinson, 1982; ISBN 978-0091502805
* The Handbook of Swimming by David Wilkie and Kelvin Juba, Pelham, 1986; ISBN 978-0720715903

## External links[edit]

* David Wilkie at World Aquatics
* David Wilkie at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
* David Wilkie at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
* David Wilkie at Team Scotland
* David Wilkie at Team GB
* David Wilkie at Olympics.com
* David Wilkie at Olympedia
* David Wilkie MBE web page at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 August 2013)

Records

Preceded by

Gunnar Larsson

|  Men's 200-metre individual medley
world record-holder (long course)
24 August 1974 – 23 August 1975  | Succeeded by

Bruce Furniss

Preceded by

John Hencken

|  Men's 200-metre breaststroke
world record-holder (long course)
6 September 1973 – 24 August 1974  | Succeeded by

John Hencken

Preceded by

John Hencken

|  Men's 200-metre breaststroke
world record-holder (long course)
24 July 1976 – 5 August 1982  | Succeeded by

Victor Davis

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Olympic champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

* 1908:  Frederick Holman (GBR)
* 1912:  Walter Bathe (GER)
* 1920:  Håkan Malmrot (SWE)
* 1924:  Bob Skelton (USA)
* 1928:  Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
* 1932:  Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
* 1936:  Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN)
* 1948:  Joe Verdeur (USA)
* 1952:  John Davies (AUS)
* 1956:  Masaru Furukawa (JPN)
* 1960:  Bill Mulliken (USA)
* 1964:  Ian O'Brien (AUS)
* 1968:  Felipe Muñoz (MEX)
* 1972:  John Hencken (USA)
* 1976:  David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1980:  Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1984:  Victor Davis (CAN)
* 1988:  József Szabó (HUN)
* 1992:  Mike Barrowman (USA)
* 1996:  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 2000:  Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
* 2004:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2008:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2012:  Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2016:  Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)
* 2020:  Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)

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World long-course champions in men's 100 m breaststroke

* 1973:  John Hencken (USA)
* 1975:  David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1978:  Walter Kusch (FRG)
* 1982:  Steve Lundquist (USA)
* 1986:  Victor Davis (CAN)
* 1991:  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 1994:  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 1998:  Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)
* 2001:  Roman Sludnov (RUS)
* 2003:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2005:  Brendan Hansen (USA)
* 2007:  Brendan Hansen (USA)
* 2009:  Brenton Rickard (AUS)
* 2011:  Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)
* 2013:  Christian Sprenger (AUS)
* 2015:  Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2017:  Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2019:  Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2022:  Nicolò Martinenghi (ITA)
* 2023:  Qin Haiyang (CHN)
* 2024:  Nic Fink (USA)

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World long-course champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

* 1973:  David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1975:  David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1978:  Nicholas Nevid (USA)
* 1982:  Victor Davis (CAN)
* 1986:  József Szabó (HUN)
* 1991:  Mike Barrowman (USA)
* 1994:  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 1998:  Kurt Grote (USA)
* 2001:  Brendan Hansen (USA)
* 2003:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2005:  Brendan Hansen (USA)
* 2007:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2009:  Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2011:  Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2013:  Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2015:  Marco Koch (GER)
* 2017:  Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2019:  Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2022:  Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)
* 2023:  Qin Haiyang (CHN)
* 2024:  Dong Zhihao (CHN)

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European Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* 1926: Erich Rademacher (GER)
* 1927: Erich Rademacher (GER)
* 1931: Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)
* 1934: Erwin Sietas (GER)
* 1938: Jochen Balke (GER)
* 1947: Roy Romain (GBR)
* 1950: Herbert Klein (FRG)
* 1954: Klaus Bodinger (GDR)
* 1958: Leonid Kolesnikov (URS)
* 1962: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
* 1966: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
* 1970: Klaus Katzur (GDR)
* 1974: David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG)
* 1981: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1983: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
* 1985: Dmitry Volkov (URS)
* 1987: József Szabó (HUN)
* 1989: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1991: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1993: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1995: Andrey Korneyev (RUS)
* 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)
* 1999: Stéphan Perrot (FRA)
* 2000: Dmitry Komornikov (RUS)
* 2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA)
* 2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA)
* 2006: Sławomir Kuczko (POL)
* 2008: Grigory Falko (RUS)
* 2010: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2012: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2014: Marco Koch (GER)
* 2016: Ross Murdoch (GBR)
* 2018: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2020: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2022: James Wilby (GBR)

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European Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* 1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
* 1974: David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1977: András Hargitay (HUN)
* 1981: Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)
* 1983: Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
* 1985: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
* 1987: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
* 1989: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
* 1991: Lars Sørensen (DEN)
* 1993: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
* 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
* 1997: Marcel Wouda (NED)
* 1999: Marcel Wouda (NED)
* 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
* 2002: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
* 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT)
* 2006: László Cseh (HUN)
* 2008: László Cseh (HUN)
* 2010: László Cseh (HUN)
* 2012: László Cseh (HUN)
* 2014: László Cseh (HUN)
* 2016: Andreas Vazaios (GRE)
* 2018: Jérémy Desplanches (SUI)
* 2020: Hugo González (ESP)
* 2022: Hubert Kós (HUN)

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Commonwealth champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

* 1930–1934: 200 yards
* 1938–1966: 220 yards
* 1970–present: 200 metres

* 1930:  Jack Aubin (CAN)
* 1934:  Norman Hamilton (SCO)
* 1938:  Goldup Davies (ENG)
* 1950:  David Hawkins (AUS)
* 1954:  Jack Doms (NZL)
* 1958:  Terry Gathercole (AUS)
* 1962:  Ian O'Brien (AUS)
* 1966:  Ian O'Brien (AUS)
* 1970:  William Mahony (CAN)
* 1974:  David Wilkie (SCO)
* 1978:  Graham Smith (CAN)
* 1982:  Victor Davis (CAN)
* 1986:  Adrian Moorhouse (ENG)
* 1990:  Jonathan Cleveland (CAN)
* 1994:  Nick Gillingham (ENG)
* 1998:  Simon Cowley (AUS)
* 2002:  Jim Piper (AUS)
* 2006:  Mike Brown (CAN)
* 2010:  Brenton Rickard (AUS)
* 2014:  Ross Murdoch (SCO)
* 2018:  James Wilby (ENG)
* 2022:  Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)

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Commonwealth champions in men's 200 m individual medley

* 1970:  George Smith (CAN)
* 1974:  David Wilkie (SCO)
* 1978:  Graham Smith (CAN)
* 1982:  Alex Baumann (CAN)
* 1986:  Alex Baumann (CAN)
* 1990:  Gary Anderson (CAN)
* 1994:  Matthew Dunn (AUS)
* 1998:  Matthew Dunn (AUS)
* 2002:  Justin Norris (AUS)
* 2006:  Gregor Tait (SCO)
* 2010:  James Goddard (ENG)
* 2014:  Daniel Tranter (AUS)
* 2018:  Mitch Larkin (AUS)
* 2022:  Duncan Scott (SCO)

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NCAA Champions in Men's 200 y Breaststroke

* 1958: Franklin Modine (Michigan State)
* 1959: William Muliken (Miami of Ohio)
* 1960: Ron Clark (Michigan)
* 1961: Ron Clark (Michigan)
* 1962: Virgil Luken (Minnesota)
* 1963: Martin Hull (Stanford)
* 1964: Bill Craig (USC)
* 1965: Tom Tretheway (Indiana)
* 1966: Wayne Anderson (USC)
* 1967: Ken Merten (SMU)
* 1968: Philip Long (Yale)
* 1969: Mike Dirksen (Oregon)
* 1970: Brian Job (Stanford)
* 1971: Brian Job (Stanford)
* 1972: Brian Job (Stanford)
* 1973: David Wilkie (Miami)
* 1974: John Hencken (Stanford)
* 1975: John Hencken (Stanford)
* 1976: David Wilkie (Miami)
* 1977: D. Graham Smith (California)
* 1978: D. Graham Smith (California)
* 1979: D. Graham Smith (California)
* 1980: Bill Barrett (UCLA)
* 1981: Steve Lundquist (SMU)
* 1982: Steve Lundquist (SMU)
* 1983: Glenn Mills (Alabama)
* 1984: John Moffet (Stanford)
* 1985: John Moffet (Stanford)
* 1986: John Moffet (Stanford)
* 1987: John Van Sant (Army)
* 1988: Kirk Stackle (Texas)
* 1989: Mike Barrowman (Michigan)
* 1990: Mike Barrowman (Michigan)
* 1991: Mike Barrowman (Michigan)
* 1992: Andrea Cecchi (UCLA)
* 1993: Eric Wunderlich (Michigan)
* 1994: Kurt Grote (Stanford)
* 1995: Kurt Grote (Stanford)
* 1996: Matt Buck (Georgia)
* 1997: Jeremy Linn (Tennessee)
* 1998: Tom Wilkens (Stanford)
* 1999: Dave Denniston (Auburn)
* 2001: Brendan Hansen (Texas)
* 2002: Brendan Hansen (Texas)
* 2003: Brendan Hansen (Texas)
* 2005: Vladislav Polyakov (Alabama)
* 2006: Henrique Barbosa (California)
* 2007: Vladislav Polyakov (Alabama)
* 2008: Paul Kornfeld (Stanford)
* 2009: Neil Versfeld (Georgia)
* 2010: Clark Burckle (Florida)
* 2011: Eric Friedland (Texas)
* 2012: Carlos Almeida (Louisville)
* 2013: Kevin Cordes (Arizona)
* 2014: Kevin Cordes (Arizona)
* 2015: Will Licon (Texas)
* 2016: Will Licon (Texas)
* 2017: Will Licon (Texas)
* 2018: Ian Finnerty (Indiana)
* 2019: Andrew Seliskar (California)
* ~~2020~~
* 2021: Max McHugh (Minnesota)
* 2022: Léon Marchand (Arizona State)
* 2023: Léon Marchand (Arizona State)

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