Monte Nitzkowski

Monte Nitzkowski

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Monfore Nitzkowski
Nickname(s)	"Monte"
National team	United States
Born	(1929-09-07) September 7, 1929 Pasadena, California
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, water polo
College team	University of California, Los Angeles

Kenneth Monfore Nitzkowski (born September 7, 1929) is an American former competition swimmer and water polo coach. He represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he finished with the eleventh-best time overall. Nitzkowski acted as the U.S. water polo assistant coach at the 1968 Olympics and was appointed head coach for the 1972, 1980 and 1984 games.

After transferring from Fullerton Junior College, he swam and played water polo for the UCLA Bruins in 1950 and 1951. He became one of the world's foremost authorities in water polo by coaching Long Beach City College to 32 conference water polo championships and 12 conference swim titles during 1954 to 1989.

Nitzkowski was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1991, and the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

See also

• List of University of California, Los Angeles people

Bibliography

• Nitzkowski, Monte, United States Tactical Water Polo, Sports Support Syndicate / Mark Rauterkus (1994). ISBN 1-878602-93-4.

External links

• Monte Nitzkowski – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
• Monte Nitzkowski (USA) – Honor Coach profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame