George Breen

Who is George Breen?

George Thomas Breen is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in three events.

Breen was a champion rower for Bishop Timon High School in Buffalo, New York and the West Side Rowing Club. He began swimming competitively as a freshman at Cortland State at the age of 17, almost a decade later than most of his rivals. Within four years he was setting World Records and winning Olympic medals.

He coached the Men's Swimming Team at the University of Pennsylvania from the late 1960s until 1982, and served as a coach for U.S. Swimming. He formerly coached for Gloucester County Institute of Technology swim team and coaches now at the Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.