Peter Asch

Peter Asch
Personal information
Born January 25, 1947 (1947-01-25) (age 71)

Peter Gregory Asch "Pasch" (born October 16, 1948) is a retired American water polo player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Asch is Jewish.[1][2][3]

During his college career at UC Berkeley, Asch served as water polo team captain from 1968–1969, earned All-America honors in water polo for the Bears three straight years from 1967–69, and finished second in the first ever NCAA men's water polo championship. In addition, set the record for spending 9 straight hours at Kip's – along with the Shark, WilloDome, the Freak and the Snake. He also served as chapter president for Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Asch currently lives in California.

See also

References

  1. The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes.
  2. Jews and the Olympic Games.
  3. Encyclopaedia Judaica.
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