Fritz C. Bedford (born 1963) is a competitive American swimmer who currently holds eight U.S. national records and has held seven world records.
College Bedford attended St. Lawrence University where he was a nineteen time All-American. This included all four years in both the 50-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relay. He qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual all four years. He was the New York state champion in the 50-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke as an individual and the 400 medley relay. He was named Outstanding Male Senior Athlete in 1985 and inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 2006. While at St. Lawrence he joined Sigma Pi fraternity. He earned his master's degree from the University of New Hampshire and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin.
Masters Bedford began swimming in the Masters in 2009.
U.S. records held Age groupEventTimeAgeDateCurrentRef45–4950 Fly (SCM)25.7446December 13, 2009Yes50–5450 Back (SCY)24.5750May 4, 2014Yes50–54100 Back (SCY)52.7252March 21, 2015Yes50–5450 Back (SCM)26.6953October 24, 2015Yes50–54100 Back (SCM)58.4753October 24, 2015Yes55–5950 Back (SCY)25.3055March 23, 2019Yes55–59100 Back (SCM)1.00.7855October 20, 2018Yes55–5950 Fly (SCM)26.5555October 20, 2018Yes
World records held Age groupEventTimeAgeDateCurrentRef45–4950 Free (SCM)23.8046December 13, 2009No45–4950 Fly (SCM)25.7446December 13, 2009No50–5450 Back (SCM)27.3650October 26, 2013No50–54100 Back (SCM)59.9150October 26, 2013No50–54100 Back (SCM)58.4752October 24, 2015No50–5450 Back (SCM)26.6952October 24, 2015No55–59100 Back (SCM)1.00.7855October 20, 2018Yes
SCM – Short Course Meters SCY – Short Course Yards
Personal Bedford works as a mechanical engineer and is the brother of Olympian BJ Bedford.
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