fullname club birth_place weight height collegeteam birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
michael lee bruner deanza swim club omaha , nebraska 161 lb kg on 5 ft 10 in m on stanford university 23 july 1956 mike bruner
 butterfly , freestyle mike bruner `` mike ''
mike bruner

michael lee bruner -lrb- born july 23 , 1956 -rrb- is an american former competition swimmer , two-time olympic champion , and former world record-holder in two events .
he competed at the 1976 olympic games in montreal , quebec , where he received a gold medal in the men 's 200-meter butterfly -lrb- also world record -rrb- , and a gold medal in the men 's 4x200-meter freestyle relay .
he received a gold medal at the 1978 world aquatics championships in berlin .
bruner set two world records during his career .
one was the world record in the 200-meter butterfly -lrb- long course -rrb- with a time of 1:59.23 , and one relay record .
`` swimming world magazine '' named bruner its american swimmer of the year in 1980 .
he was inducted into the international swimming hall of fame as an `` honor swimmer '' in 1988 .
