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Line 1: {{Short description\|American swimmer (1931–2022)}} {{Use American English\|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer \| name = Jerry Holan Line 11 ⟶ 14: \| club = \| collegeteam = [[Ohio State Buckeyes\|Ohio State University]] \| birth_date = {{Birth date ~~and age~~\|1931\|5\|27\|mf=y}} \| birth_place = [[Westchester, Illinois]], U.S. \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2022\|7\|23\|1931\|5\|27\|mf=y}} \| death_place = \| height = <!-- {{convert\|x\|ft\|xx\|in\|m\|abbr=on}} --> Line 19 ⟶ 22: \| medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition \| [[Amateur Athletic Union]]}} {{MedalGold \| 1953 Indoor Championships \| 220 yd breaststroke}}<ref>''New York Times 5''. April 5, 1953. Page S1.</ref> {{MedalGold \| 1952 Outdoor Championships \| 110 yd breaststroke}}<ref name="Newark News">{{cite news \|last1=Friel \|first1=Ed \|title=Stassforth's Final Sprint Beats Holan in 220-Yard Breaststroke \|~~publisher~~work=Newark News \|date=August 28, 1952}}</ref> {{MedalSilver \| 1952 Outdoor Championships \| 220 yd breaststroke}}<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~news\|last1=Friel\|first1=Ed\|title=Stassforth's Final Sprint Beats Holan in 220-Yard Breaststroke\|publisher~~name="Newark News~~\|date=August 28,~~" ~~1952}}<~~/~~ref~~> {{MedalBronze \| 1951 Indoor Championships \| 220 yd Breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze \| 1951 Outdoor Championships \| 100 m Breaststroke}} Line 27 ⟶ 30: {{MedalGold \| 1953 Championships \| 200 yd breaststroke}} {{MedalSilver \| 1952 Championships \| 200 yd breaststroke}} {{MedalSilver \| 1951 Championships \| 220 yd breaststroke}}<ref>''New York Times 31''. March 31, 1951. Page 22.</ref> {{MedalGold \| 1953 Championships \| 3x100 yd Medley Relay}} {{MedalGold \| 1951 Championships \| 3x100 yd Medley Relay}} Line 38 ⟶ 41: }} '''Gerald Ray Holan''' (~~born~~ May 27, 1931 – July 23, 2022)<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51404 isJerry anHolan]</ref> ~~American~~was ~~former~~an ~~competition~~American [[swimming (sport)\|swimmer]] who represented the United States at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in Helsinki, Finland.<ref name=sroprofile>{{cite Sports-Reference~~.com,~~ ~~Olympic Sports, Athletes, [~~\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/jerry-holan-1.html \|title=Jerry Holan] ~~{{webarchive~~\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113094414/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/jerry-holan-1.html \|archive-date=2012-11-13 ~~}}and set a world record in the 300 y medley relay in 1953. Retrieved~~ \|access-date=January 27, 2013.}}</ref> ==Biography== Holan was 1949 National High School Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, swimming for Proviso Township High School in Maywood, Illinois, and won the National YMCA 200-yard breaststroke championship that year. He started college at Iowa State but dropped out within two weeks and later attended The Ohio State University. Holan was an All-American for the Buckeyes in 1951, 1952, and 1953, helping them win the Big 10 300 yard medley relay in all three years. In 1953 he won the Big 10 200 yd breaststroke and was NCAA Champion in the 200 yard butterfly, before that stroke used a dolphin kick. He also helped Ohio State win NCAA titles in the medley relay in 1951 and 1953. He ~~swan~~swam in the 1952 USUnited States Olympic swim trials in the 200 ~~Meter~~meter ~~Breaststroke~~breaststroke, finishing second behind [[Bowen Stassforth]].<ref> 1952 US Olympic Book.</ref> At Helsinki, Holan set an Olympic record of 2:36.8 in his initial heat, ~~smashing~~beating [[Joe Verdeur]]'s record of 2:39.3. ~~However, he~~He failed to qualify in the ~~semis by .2 seconds~~semifinals for the Olympic final, however, by 0.2 seconds. Subsequently, he ~~did however finish~~finished first at the 1952 Outdoor AAU National Championships in the 110 ~~Yard~~yard ~~Breaststroke~~breaststroke and second in the 220 ~~Yard~~yard ~~Breaststroke~~breaststroke competing with [[Bowen Stassforth]] for the top spot in both events. Holan's second place clocking of 2:35 flat at the nationals (a distance 3 feet 9 inches longer than the Olympic final) in the 220 yd breaststroke (long course) would have put him in medal contention earlier in Helsinki.<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~news\|last1=Friel\|first1=Ed\|title=Stassforth's Final Sprint Beats Holan in 220-Yard Breaststroke\|publisher~~name="Newark News~~\|date=August~~" ~~28, 1952}}<~~/~~ref~~> After graduating from Ohio State with a business degree, Holan began work for Bell Telephone. He left for a tour of duty in the Korean War, as an artillery officer with the USUnited States Army, but returned after the war to work for Bell for his entire business career. Holan was inducted into the Ohio State Hall of Fame.▼ ==Notes==▼ Holan's time of 2:35 flat in the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) at the 1952 AAU Outdoor Nationals correlates to a time of 2:34<ref> name="New York Times">''New 28York Times''. August 28, 1952. Page 30.</ref> or faster in the 200 meter breaststroke (long course). This performance iswas the second fastest (pre bifurcation of the breaststroke in 1953) all-time for the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) and would have been the second fastest 200 meter breaststroke (long course) in history<ref name="New York Times" /> as well if it had been dual timed. This is evidenced by the dual distance timed race in the 1950 National AAU Indoor Championships in the 220 yard breaststroke (short course) between [[Joe Verdeur]] and [[Robert Brawner]]. During the race, Verdeur broke the world record for 200 meters with a time of 2:28.3 (short course). However, Brawner won the race with a time of 2:29.3 for the full 220 yards beating Verdeur who was second in 2:29.4.<ref>''New York Times 1''. April 1, 1950. Page 23.</ref>▼ ==References==▼ {{Reflist}}▼ ==See also==▼ * [[List of Ohio State University people]]▼ ==External links== * {{Olympics.com profile\|gerald-holan\|Gerald Holan}} ▲After graduating from Ohio State with a business degree, Holan began work for Bell Telephone. He left for a tour of duty in the Korean War, as an artillery officer with the US Army, but returned after the war to work for Bell for his entire business career. Holan was inducted into the Ohio State Hall of Fame. {{s-start}} {{s-ach\|rec}} {{succession box \| before = <br>[[Joe Verdeur]] \| title = ~~[[Olympic record progression 200 m breaststroke\|~~Men's 200 m breaststroke<br>Olympic record-holder]] \| years = July 28, 1952- – August 1, 1952 \| after = <br>[[John Davies (swimmer)\| John Davies ]] }} {{s-end}}▼ ~~{{s-start}}~~ {{s-ach\|rec}} {{succession box \| before = <br>[[Robert Brawner]] \| title = ~~[[220 yard breaststroke\|~~Men's 220 yard breaststroke<br>American ~~Record~~record-holder (~~Long~~long ~~Course]]<ref>New York Times 28 August 1952 Page 30</ref>~~course) \| years = August 27, 1952~~-August 27, 1952~~ \| after = <br>[[Bowen Stassforth]] ~~{{s-end}}~~ }} ▲{{s-end}} ▲==See also== ▲* [[List of Ohio State University people]] ▲==Notes== ▲Holan's time of 2:35 flat in the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) at the 1952 AAU Outdoor Nationals correlates to a time of 2:34<ref>New York Times 28 August 1952 Page 30</ref> or faster in the 200 meter breaststroke (long course). This performance is the second fastest all-time for the 220 yard breaststroke (long course) and would have been the second fastest 200 meter breaststroke (long course) in history as well if it had been dual timed. This is evidenced by the dual distance timed race in the 1950 National AAU Indoor Championships in the 220 yard breaststroke (short course) between [[Joe Verdeur]] and [[Robert Brawner]]. During the race, Verdeur broke the world record for 200 meters with a time of 2:28.3 (short course). However, Brawner won the race with a time of 2:29.3 for the full 220 yards beating Verdeur who was second in 2:29.4.<ref>New York Times 1 April 1950 Page 23</ref> ▲==References== ▲{{Reflist}} {{Footer USA Swimming 1952 Summer Olympics}} Line 75 ⟶ 83: {{DEFAULTSORT:Holan, Jerry}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:~~Living~~2022 ~~people~~deaths]] [[Category:American male freestyle swimmers]] [[Category:Ohio State Buckeyes men's swimmers]] [[Category:Olympic swimmers offor the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois]] [[Category:Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:People from Westchester, Illinois]] [[Category:~~Swimmers~~Military atpersonnel ~~the~~from ~~1952 Summer Olympics~~Illinois]] ~~{{US-swimming-bio-stub}}~~