Mark Spitz Autographs
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.
Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds, a silver, and a bronze, in addition to five Pan American golds, 31 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) titles, and eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles. During those years he set 35 world records, two of which were in trials and unofficial. Swimming World Magazine named him World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971, and 1972. He was the third athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals.
Spitz was born on February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California, the eldest of three children of Lenore Sylvia (née Smith) and Arnold Spitz. His family is Jewish; his father's family was from Hungary, and his mother's, originally surnamed Sklotkovick, was from Russia. When he was two years old, his family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he swam at Waikiki beach every day. "You should have seen that little boy dash into the ocean. He'd run like he was trying to commit suicide," Lenore Spitz told a reporter for Time in 1968. When he was six, the family returned to Sacramento, California, and he began to compete at his local swim club. At age nine, he was training at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with swimming coach Sherm Chavoor, who mentored six other Olympic medal winners.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Mark Spitz (Mark Spitz Signed 8x10 Photo Gold x7 Olympian - Fanatics Authenticated) was sold in April 2025 for $506.95 while the cheapest item (Mark Spitz Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Team USA Gold Medalist Swimmer Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in July 2023. The month with the most items sold (14) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $39.51 for an autographed item of Mark Spitz. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with $58.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was July 2023. In average, an autographed item from Mark Spitz is worth $11.07.
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Latest News about Mark Spitz
Jewish athletes condemn anti-Semitism after temple shooting (12/07/2018): FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Omri Casspi, who was born in Israel, was early in his NBA career when he saw a picture of himself defaced with a DARRELL HUCKABY: So many memories summed up in a few words (12/07/2018): I was on the “Sky-train,” which is, in and of itself, a misnomer, Friday morning at Hartsfield International Airport. It was an unholy hour. I was headed for NYC to Victoria Piacentino ‘Drowns Stress’ in Pool (12/06/2018): KATONAH-LEWISBORO, N.Y. - Victoria Piacentino is a senior at John Jay High School. She has swum on the varsity swim and dive team for three years. She was one of seven members of the team who went... 
Olympic Champion Mark Spitz Speaks on Path to Success (11/17/2014): By ANIKA SETHY Olympic swimming champion Mark Spitz — known for winning seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games — spoke about his path to success as an athlete Monday in Willard Straight Hall. In 2000, Spitz was named number 33 on Sports Illustrated’s list of the “Top 100 […] Twee Child of Mine: Mark Spitz explores the cultural phenomenon of Twee-dom in n (08/05/2014): Twee by definition means affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint, but in society it's come to mean much more than that.
Older News Stories about Mark Spitz
Ian Thorpe might have been greater still if he had come out as gay, says Mark Sp (07/2014): Ian Thorpe is Australia’s greatest Olympian, winning nine medals, including five gold, during his career. But his sporting success might have been greater still if he had come out as gay while competing, says one of the great Olympic swimmers of all time. This day in Jewish history / Swimmer Mark Spitz sets Olympic gold record (09/2013): American swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the 1972 Olympics, setting a 36-year record before getting flown out of Germany after the Munich massacre. Was Bolles High School's Record Tear Better than Mark Spitz' Santa Clara Record (12/2012): Guest commentary by Bob Klapthor EL PASO, Texas, December 19. THE recent awesome record setting by Bolles High School got me to thinking about what I consider an even more impressive record setting... Forty Years Ago Today, Mark Spitz Surpassed Legendary Status in Munich (09/2012): Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, September 4. FORTY years ago today, Mark Spitz got his seventh gold medal draped around his neck at the 1972 Olympics. I wasn't alive when this happene... If anyone understands Michael Phelps, it's Mark Spitz (07/2012): Seriously, has it been 40 years since he not only won seven golds, but set seven world records in the process?
