Tripp Schwenk
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Full name | William Douglas Schwenk, III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Tripp" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sarasota, Florida |
June 17, 1971 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sarasota YMCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Douglas Schwenk, III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Schwenk represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he competed in the men's 200-meter backstroke and finished fifth in the event final in a time of 1:59.73.[1]
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he received a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley. Individually, Schwenk also received the silver medal for recording a 1:58.99 second-place finish in the men's 200-meter backstroke. He also competed in the men's 100-meter backstroke, finishing in fifth place in the final with a time of 55.30 seconds.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Tennessee people
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Tripp Schwenk. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links
- Tripp Schwenk – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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