BRIEF

Former UCI swimmer in Olympic Hall of Fame

Former UC Irvine swimmer John Morgan has been elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Morgan won 10 medals at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona, where he set six world records and two Paralympic records. He won 13 gold medals and two silver medals between the 1992 Games and the 1984 Games.

Morgan, who is blind, set 14 world records in his swimming career, including five in the B2 classification and nine in the B1 classification. He holds nine world records in the International Blind Sports Federation, eight International Paralympic Committee world records and eight Paralympic records.

Morgan was named UCI’s Most Inspirational swimmer in both 1986 and 1987. He represented the Anteaters at the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. Championships.

Morgan was inducted June 19 at the Harris Theater in Chicago.

The 2008 Hall of Fame class consists of John Morgan, volleyball player Karch Kiraly, wrestler Bruce Baumgartner, runner Joan Benoit, figure skater Brian Boitano, boxer Oscar de La Hoya, equestrian J. Michael Plumb, basketball player David Robinson, swimmer Amy Van Dyken, shooter Lones W. Wigger Jr., figure skating coach Carlo Fassi, figure skater Carol Heiss Jenkins, special contributor Frank Marshall and the 1996 women’s gymnastics team (Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps and Kerri Strug).

The ceremony will air on NBC July 5 at 11 a.m.

— From staff reports