Two years later, he was dominating the collegiate swimming worldwith five NCAA championshipsand exploding onto the international stage. Obituaries Mary Vena Mary "Mima" Vena, 70 of Hazlet passed away Tuesday February 28, 2023 at Bayshore Community Hospital of Holmdel. Published by The Star-Ledger from Nov. 7 to Nov. 8, 2005. Biondi soon embraced a routine of airplane flights, faceless hotels and corporate gigs. Im somewhat of a fossil when it comes to Twitter and Instagram and Facebook, Biondi said with a chuckle. Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother, 92 Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at https://twitter.com/pnewberry1963 His work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/paulnewberry, More AP Olympic coverage: https://www.apnews.com/OlympicGames and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports. Thanks in large part to Biondi's efforts, the Cal team finished fourth overall in the team standings. Hes quietly signed up more than 100 swimmers from 31 nations, with a leadership group that includes Olympic champions Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, Chad le Clos of South Africa and American Lia Neal, who recently announced her retirement from competition. It is . She was born in Irvington, New Jersey to the late Theodore Preblick and Irene (Stefanski) Preblick. We are tennis friends of Matt. "Biondi, Matt The top swimmers are totally locked in on their Olympics goals, as they should be. He landed endorsement deals. U.S. swimmer Matt Biondi celebrates winning his fourth Olympic gold medal September 24, 1988 in Seoul. Four months later, he returned to the sport. Hes quietly signed up more than 100 swimmers from 31 nations, with a leadership group that includes Olympic champions Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, Chad le Clos of South Africa and American Lia Neal, who recently announced her retirement from competition. By virtue of his three individual victories, Biondi tied with Stanford's Pablo Morales for high-point scorer in the meet in which Cal finished runner-up to Stanford for the team title.[8]. He was loved and cherished by many . Im a telephone and email guy.. Adding salt to the wound in Barcelona, he was demoted to the preliminaries of the 4x100 free relay after Jon Olsen edged him by two-hundreds of a second in the individual event. //