Wahoo Patricia Starr believes life has no limits and living her life as an example to others has earned her a national award. This Wahoo native has bike more than 5,000 miles since the age of 67.
Posted: 7:54 PM Feb 8, 2010
Reporter: Lance Schwartz
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Lynda O'Connor arranged for Adolph Kiefer to be filmed by WGN-TV
November 18 - 1936 Gold Medalist Adolph Kiefer
Olympic Gold Medal Winner
Now the font size is 2.Soon to be available for public viewing, "Olympian for Life" revisits the day Adolph Kiefer learned to swim as the result of a near fatal accident. Kiefer recalls falling into a Chicago drainage canal, "I didn't lose my head. I rolled over, kicked my feet, and slowly but surely worked my way up to the parapet. That was the first time in my life ever swimming--swimming the backstroke."
Despite the loss of his father and the onset of the Great Depression, young Kiefer followed his father's encouraging words that one day he would be the "best swimmer in the world." By the age of 15, Adolph Kiefer met the challenge. At the Lakeshore Athletic Club where Kiefer worked as an elevator operator to support his family, the coach timed Kiefer's backstroke. According to the coach, Kiefer had surpassed the world's record.
At the age of 17, Kiefer won the gold medal for the 100-meter backstroke in the 1936 Olympics. Ultimately Kiefer participated in over 2,000 races in which he only lost twice. Although Kiefer's Olympic career was limited due to the onset of World War II and the cancellation of the 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games, Kiefer's life-long journey of promoting safety, health and fitness was just beginning.
As a videographer, producer, and photographer, Michal McClure has traveled extensively throughout his life, capturing cultures, people, and nature through the lens of a camera. However, for this video McClure didn't need to look far for inspiration. Kiefer and McClure are neighbors. "Every morning at about 8:30, I can see Adolph, his wife Joyce, and their golden retriever pile into the car for another day at the office. That picture stays with me. And, I don't even need to capture it on film."
