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((Short description|American swimmer (1935–2019)))
((more citations needed|date=November 2019))
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| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Indianapolis Athletic Club 
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| birth_place    = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
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((MedalBronze | [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]])) 
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'''George Thomas Breen''' (July 19, 1935 – November 9, 2019) was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], four-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in three events.  After retiring as a swimmer, he became a coach at Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in New Jersey.

==Background==
Breen was born in [[Buffalo, New York]].  He was a champion rower for [[Bishop Timon High School]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], and the West Side Rowing Club.  He began swimming competitively as a 17-year-old freshman at [[State University of New York at Cortland|Cortland State University]] under coach [[Doc Counsilman]], almost a decade later than most of his future rivals.

==World competitor==
Breen represented the United States at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in Melbourne, Australia.  As a member of the second-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]], Breen earned a silver medal, together with [[Dick Hanley (swimmer)|Dick Hanley]], [[Bill Woolsey]] and [[Ford Konno]].  He also took bronze medals in the [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle|400-meter freestyle]] (4:32.5) and [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle|men's 1,500-meter freestyle]] (18:08.2) – after setting a new world record of 17:52.9 in the qualifying heats of the 1,500.

At the [[1959 Pan American Games]], he won a gold medal for his first-place finish in the [[Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games|400-meter freestyle]] and a silver as the runner-up in the [[Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games|1500-meter freestyle]].  He was elected team captain of the U.S. men for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in Rome, and earned another bronze medal while competing in the [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle|men's 1,500-meter freestyle]] (17:55.9).

Breen coached the [[Penn Quakers]] men's swimming team at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] from 1966 until 1982, and served as a coach for U.S. Swimming.  He formerly coached for Gloucester County Institute of Technology ([[Deptford]], New Jersey) swim team (now separate from the school, it is known as the Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club) and at the Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]].

In 1975, Breen was inducted into the [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame|International Swimming Hall of Fame]].

==Later life and death==
Breen was a resident of [[Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey]], where he coached local high school and club swim teams into his 70s.<ref>Pawling, Chris. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-sports/index.ssf/2012/01/swimming_legend_george_breen_p.html "Swimming legend George Breen pays visit to local meet"], ''[[South Jersey Times]]'', January 30, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Washington Township resident George Breen was in attendance at Saturday’s SJISA Coaches’ Invitational swim meet at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology."</ref> He was diagnosed with bone cancer of his right middle finger and had to have it amputated. After battling pancreatic cancer for several years, Breen died on November 9, 2019, in New Jersey.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/george-breen-a-four-time-olympic-medalist-dies-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer/|title=George Breen, a Four-Time Olympic Medalist, Dies After Cancer Battle|date=2019-11-10|website=Swimming World News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|Biography|Olympics))
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 800 metres freestyle]]
* [[World record progression 1500 metres freestyle]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/george-breen-1.html |title=George Breen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303210616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/george-breen-1.html |archive-date=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead))
* ((webarchive |title=George Breen (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224035055/http://ishof.org/george-breen-(usa).html |date=2017-02-24 ))
* [http://buffalosportshallfame.com/member/george-breen/  George Breen] – Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame profile
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