"Considered by many as the greatest Olympian ever, Mark Spitz is an American icon. His record 7 Gold Medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics was surpassed only recently by Michael Phelps in 2008. In a span of 4 years from 1968-1972, Spitz set 33 world records in various events.Also noteworthy? Spitz wore the most iconic mustache in the history of sports. Grown in a time when swimmers were shaving all their body hair, the Spitz-stache was originally grown as an act of rebellion towards the clean cut image pervasive in college swimming. Spitz reportedly intended to shave it before the Munich Olympiad, but it garnered so much attention he decided to keep it as a ""good-luck piece."" The best story of the mustache was related by Spitz himself in an interview.""I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if my mustache slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had allowed me to swim so great.' He's translating as fast as he can for the other coaches. The following year every Russian male swimmer had a mustache."""
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