Jerry Heidenreich's Birth Card: The 8 of Spades

In the record

Jerome Alan Heidenreich (February 4, 1950 – April 18, 2002) was an American competition swimmer for Southern Methodist University, a 1972 Munich Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder. The birth-card coordinate for February 4 is the 8 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Jerry Heidenreich'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 1972. 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 Jerry Heidenreich (Q1317528), not a reading of character. 1972 1972 Summer Olympics: gold in 1972 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming. 1972: gold in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.

• 1972 1972 Summer Olympics — 1972 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
• 1972 swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)
• 1972 swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)

The 8 of Spades coordinate

Jerry Heidenreich was born February 4 (1950-02-04). Month 2 and day 4 give solar value 47, which is the 8 of Spades (The Powerful Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1950 is unused. The 8 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Jerry Heidenreich for United States. Quoted system copy for the 8 of Spades, not a biography of Jerry Heidenreich: You take the hard lead and you stay with the work after the call is made. Your mind is sharp, commanding, powerful. You think strategically and forcefully. You win arguments and debates. Your thinking dominates.

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Jerry Heidenreich in the public record

He set six world records during his swimming career, all as a relay team member. He swam for Hillcrest High School and Town North YMCA in Dallas. In his Senior year at Hillcrest, Heidenreich set State records in the 100-yard butterfly of 53.1 seconds, and in the 200-yard freestyle of 1:46.3 seconds at the Texas Interscholastic League State Swimming Championships in Lubbock on March 22–23, 1968. He was a National All America qualifier in seven events. In April 1968, he was formally presented the Mike Malone Memorial Trophy, intended as an annual award presented to Texas's most outstanding High School swimmer. He attended Southern Methodist University where he swam for Hall of Fame Head Coach Red Barr and Assistant Coach George McMillion, with McMillion acting as Head Coach in 1971. Heidenreich broke nearly all of SMU's freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley records. He was an All American four times while at SMU, and won one NCAA title, eighteen individual Southwest Conference Titles, and set a new World Record in the 200 yard freestyle.

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

Where the record meets the 8 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 Jerry Heidenreich, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Strategic and powerful thinking

Jerome Alan Heidenreich (February 4, 1950 – April 18, 2002) was an American competition swimmer for Southern Methodist University, a 1972 Munich Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.

Also on the record

1. During college, Heidenreich also swam occasionally in the summer seasons for the Dallas Swim Club, known also as the Dr.
2. Pepper Swim Club of Dallas, which was coached by SMU Coach Redd Barr, and in 1971 by former SMU swimmer and newly hired SMU Assistant Coach Richard Quick.
3. The team would later be known as the Dallas Mustangs Swim Club.
4. He graduated from SMU in 1972 with a business degree.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Murray Rose — 6 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• John Devitt — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• George Kojac — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Tanyu Kiryakov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
• Viatcheslav Ekimov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in road bicycle racing

FAQ

What is Jerry Heidenreich's birth card?

The 8 of Spades. February 4 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Jerry Heidenreich'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 Jerry Heidenreich's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1950-02-04 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Jerry Heidenreich, 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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