[3] He was fondly remembered by his wife Cathy, who said: "both [Baumann and he] had the same qualities: the drive, outlook, discipline and the strength to overcome whatever difficulty they faced in life...
These qualities allowed them to reach the pinnacle of the sport and bring home two gold medals in 1984.
His doctoral thesis was entitled "Relationship of selected maturational determinants to competitive swimming."
[1] Once that stage was achieved in an athlete, the coach moved to focus and self-discipline: "He was so detailed," said Baumann.
"[1] After his death in 2007, Laurentian University officially renamed its swimming facilities the Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool in his memory.