Nicholas Nevid
American swimmer (born 1960)
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Nicholas Nevid (born 1960) is a retired world-champion American swimmer.[1] He is now a physiologist with a strong interest in marine biology.
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| Full name | Nicholas Nevid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Nick" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nashville Aquatic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nick grew up in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. His sister is Nancy Nevid Kryka, a member of the Minnesota Masters Swimming Hall of Fame.[2] His brother is the medal-winning triathlete Nathan "Nate" Nevid.[3][4]
Swimming
Nevid attended the University of Texas, where he was a member of the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team[5] and the Nashville Aquatic Club.[6]
Among his most notable accomplishments as a breaststroke swimmer:
- winning two gold medals at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin[7]
- winning two gold medals and one silver medal in the 1981 Universiade at Bucharest, Romania [8]
- breaking the American record in the 200 yard breaststroke[9][10]
- becoming a four-time College All-American Swimmer at the University of Texas[5]
- winning three gold medals at the 1981 USS Long Course Nationals[11]
- being a member of the University of Texas' 1981 NCAA Men's Swimming/Diving Championship-Team
Because of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, he was unable to compete in the 1980 Olympics.
He coached swimming for one year at Auburn University; for one year with the Las Vegas Gold team, led by Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines; for two years with the Columbus Aquatic Club in Columbus, Georgia; and for one year at Louisiana State University.
Education
Nick attended Brookfield Central High School (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tennessee); and Austin High School (Austin, Texas), from which he graduated in 1979.[12]
He earned a B.A. degree in biology from the University of Texas in 1983.[13]
In 1993, he earned a Ph.D. degree in physiology from Louisiana State University.[14][15]
Physiology and marine biology
Dr. Nick Nevid has raised marine foodfish in offshore aquaculture cages in the Bahamas and Panama. He also developed Proaquatix,[16] which was the second largest producer of marine ornamental fish in the world.
His research includes original work on biofouling prevention.[17]
Among his publications/patents:
- Circadian Neuroendocrine Regulation of Scale Allograft Reactions in Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis
- "Prolactin signaling through stat proteins"
- "Base for propagating aquatic animals"
- "Nonphotic stimuli alter a day-night rhythm of allograft rejection in gulf killifish"
- "Timed daily administrations of hormones and antagonists of neuroendocrine receptors alter day-night rhythms of allograft rejection in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis"
- "A day-night rhythm of immune activity during scale allograft rejection in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis."
- "Annexin Gene Structure"
- "Time-dependent effects of daily thermoperiods, feeding, and disturbances on scale allograft survival in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis"
- "Biofouling prevention by induction heating"