Chris Thompson (swimmer)
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Full name | Christopher Lee Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Chris" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Roseburg, Oregon | November 30, 1978||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Lee Thompson (born November 30, 1978) is an American former competition swimmer who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle. He was the second American swimmer to break the 15-minute mark in the 1,500-meter freestyle, and held the American record for four years.
He attended the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team from 1997 to 2001. Both at Michigan and as a post-graduate, Chris swam under coach Jon Urbanchek from 1997 to 2004. He held the NCAA and American records in the 1,650-yard freestyle for eleven years.
Currently, he coaches the Plymouth Canton Cruisers swim team in Plymouth, Michigan.
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References[]
External links[]
- Thompson's bio from USA Swimming.
- 20 Questions with Chris Thompson[permanent dead link], from USA Swimming.
- Chris Thompson, Brooke Bennett Crowned King and Queen of Tiburon Mile. Swimming World Magazine (October 27, 2002). Retrieved June 16, 2009.
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from Roseburg, Oregon
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- American swimming biography stubs