Brian Goodell's Birth Card: The 6 of Spades

In the record

Brian Stuart Goodell (born April 2, 1959) is an American politician, former competitive swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. The birth-card coordinate for April 2 is the 6 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Brian Goodell's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1976. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Brian Goodell (Q912241), not a reading of character. 1976 1976 Summer Olympics: gold in 1976 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1976: gold in swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1976: gold in swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle in competitive swimming.

• 1976 1976 Summer Olympics — 1976 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
• 1976 swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 1500 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
• 1976 swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)

The 6 of Spades coordinate

Brian Goodell was born April 2 (1959-04-02). Month 4 and day 2 give solar value 45, which is the 6 of Spades (The Responsible Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1959 is unused. The 6 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Brian Goodell for United States. Quoted system copy for the 6 of Spades, not a biography of Brian Goodell: You use what you have already walked through without requiring anyone else to be in pain for it to count. You feel responsibility for helping others think clearly. You're the teacher, the counselor, the one people ask for perspective. Your mind is oriented toward truth and guidance.

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Brian Goodell in the public record

He is a three-time mayor and two-time city councilman of Mission Viejo, California. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, he won gold medals for his first-place finishes in the 400-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events. He also won gold medals in both events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a silver medal in 1,500-meter freestyle at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali, Colombia. After graduating from Mission Viejo High School, he attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition from 1978 to 1980. During his college swimming career, he won nine NCAA individual championships, including three times in each of the 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, and the 400-yard individual medley. Goodell held the 400-meter freestyle (long course) world record from June 18, 1976 to April 6, 1979, and the 1,500-meter freestyle (long course) world record from 1976 to 1980. He was recognized as the Male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 1977.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Brian Goodell (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Brian Goodell, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

Brian Stuart Goodell (born April 2, 1959) is an American politician, former competitive swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.

Paired on shared wording: holder, world.

Also on the record

1. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1986.
2. Goodell and his wife, Vicki, have worked as licensed real estate agents in California.
3. In 2016, Goodell was elected to the City Council of his hometown of Mission Viejo, California, serving as its mayor for calendar years 2020, 2023, and 2026.
4. List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of University of California, Los Angeles people List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 400 metres freestyle World record progression 1500 metres freestyle Brian Goodell at World Aquatics Brian Goodell at the International Swimming Hall of Fame Brian Goodell at Olympics.com Brian Goodell at Olympedia Brian Goodell at InterSportStats Council Member Brian Goodell - Official City Council Biography from the City of Mission Viejo Brian Goodell for City Council - Official campaign web site Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Charlie Hickcox — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Felicity Galvez — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Mollie O'Callaghan — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Paul MacDonald — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking, Aleutian kayak
• Yevgeniya Kanayeva — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics

FAQ

What is Brian Goodell's birth card?

The 6 of Spades. April 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Brian Goodell's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.

Where do Brian Goodell's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1959-04-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Brian Goodell, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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