fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date nicknames article_title strokes collegeteam
alexander baumann sudbury prague , czechoslovakia 80 kg lb on 1.89 m ftin on 21 april 1964 `` alex '' , `` sasha '' alex baumann
 individual medley , backstroke indiana university
alex baumann

alexander baumann , -lrb- born april 21 , 1964 -rrb- is a canadian former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles .
born in prague -lrb- former czechoslovakia -rrb- , baumann was raised in canada after his family moved there in 1969 following the prague spring .
the family settled in sudbury , ontario , where , at the age of nine , baumann became involved in competitive swimming , training at laurentian university .
he was named honorary colonel of 412 vip transport squadron of the royal canadian air force based in ottawa in june 2011 .
alex baumann was inducted into the ontario sports hall of fame in 1999 .
