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Mark Gangloff's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds
The Universal Provider
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.
In the record
Mark Daniel Gangloff (born June 8, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer for Auburn University, and was an Olympic gold medalist as a breaststroker in the 4x100 medley relay in both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. The birth-card coordinate for June 8 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Mark Gangloff's 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 2004 and 2008. 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 Mark Gangloff (Q2257813), not a reading of character. 2004 2004 Summer Olympics: gold in 2004 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2004: gold in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming. 2008 2008 Summer Olympics: gold in 2008 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 2008: gold in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay in competitive swimming.
- 2004 2004 Summer Olympics — 2004 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2004 swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
- 2008 2008 Summer Olympics — 2008 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
- 2008 swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (competitive swimming)
The 9 of Diamonds coordinate
Mark Gangloff was born June 8 (1982-06-08). Month 6 and day 8 give solar value 35, which is the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1982 is unused. The 9 of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Mark Gangloff for United States. Quoted system copy for the 9 of Diamonds, not a biography of Mark Gangloff: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back. You think about resources in terms of universal good and human need. You want to provide for humanity. Your vision is about abundance for all.
Mark Gangloff in the public record
He is a former world and American record holder, and has coached swimming as an Assistant at Auburn, in age group competition for SwimMAC Carolina, and in the collegiate ranks for the University of Missouri Tigers and the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Gangloff was born in Buffalo, New York, on June 8, 1982, to parents Ken and Jennifer Gangloff. He attended Akron's Harvey Firestone High School where he swam for Head Coach Tim Lewarchick and Assistant Coach Cindy Dial, graduating in 2000. As a Senior at Firestone, he set an Ohio State meet record time of 1:47.63, while winning the 200-yard individual medley. During his High School career, he was a multi-year All American and won four individual Division I Ohio State Championships, while competing in fourteen events. As a High School Senior in 2000, he swam a state meet record time of 55.10 in the 100-yard breaststroke, and had formerly taken state titles in the 100 breaststroke in both his Sophomore and Junior years. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Auburn University, where he swam for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team in NCAA competition under Head Coach David Marsh from 2001 to 2005, serving as a Captain in his senior year. At Auburn, Gangloff helped the team capture NCAA championships in two seasons from 2003-2004, and take Southeastern Conference titles all four years of his swimming eligibility.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Mark Gangloff (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 7 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 Mark Gangloff, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Mark Gangloff's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♦ — Birth Card: The Universal Provider
- 5♦ — Karma — Environment: The Dynamic Entrepreneur
- Q♦ — Karma — Displacement: The Prosperous Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♣ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
Penetrating questions and inquiry
Mark Daniel Gangloff (born June 8, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer for Auburn University, and was an Olympic gold medalist as a breaststroker in the 4x100 medley relay in both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.
Also on the record
- He won twelve honors as an All American, and gained individual SEC titles in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and in the medley relays for both the 200 and 400 distance.
- By his Senior year, he was considered American's third fastest swimmer in the breaststroke.
- Gangloff graduated from Auburn in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in criminology.
- Gangloff represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics winning a gold medal in each.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Missy Franklin — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Pieter van den Hoogenband — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Gao Ling — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in badminton
- Jana Sorgers — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in rowing
- Kateřina Siniaková — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in tennis
- Kim Je-deok — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in archery
- Kim Jung-Hwan — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Oussama Mellouli — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Sergio Bianchetto — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in track cycling
- Sofiya Velikaya — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Witold Woyda — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Yukio Endō — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics
- 1 more Olympians in this set share this card.
FAQ
- What is Mark Gangloff's birth card?
- The 9 of Diamonds. June 8 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Mark Gangloff'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 Mark Gangloff's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1982-06-08 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Mark Gangloff, 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 (4 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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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q2257813; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Mark Gangloff; infobox match). Birth date 1982-06-08 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.