This week saw the kickoff of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro which saw a slew of Paralympic and world records fall in the first few days of competition. Read below to get the major highlights from those Games in addition to the other news that happened during The Week That Was!
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This week it was announced that Jon Urbanchek, the former Head Coach of the University of Michigan men’s swimming and diving team, will be inducted into Michigan’s Hall of Honor at the end of the month. Urbanchek was the head coach of the men’s program from 1982-2004, during which he guided the Wolverines to 13 Big Ten titles and an NCAA Championship title in 1995. During his tenure as head coach, Michigan also won 10 straight conference championships from 1986-95. For his work with the program, he was named Big Ten Coach of the Year eight times, while he was also the NCAA and ASCA Coach of the Year in 1995. Urbanchek is also well-known for his work with Olympic athletes. The coach has had a total of 26 swimmers at Michigan represent their countries at the Olympics, where they won a combined 17 medals. Urbanchek was also named to the U.S. Olympic coaching staff as an assistant coach in the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games while also serving as a special assistant in 2008 and 2012.
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