Clark Smith (swimmer)
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 17, 1995[1] Atlanta, Georgia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (206 cm)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Longhorn Aquatics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Eddie Reese | |||||||||||||||||||
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Clark Smith (born April 17, 1995) is an American swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly. He earned an Olympic gold medal as a member of the United States Olympic 800m free relay. He is the son of John and Tori Smith, who both swam at the University of Texas. His mother Tori represented the US at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[3]
Smith was a member of the 2015 University of Texas team that won the NCAA Division I Championship, winning the 500 yd freestyle.[4]
At the 2016 US Olympic Trials, Smith qualified for the 4x200 free relay, and earned a gold medal swimming in the preliminaries of that event in Rio.
He has held the American records in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:08.42,[5] the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 8:33.93,[6] and the 1650-yard freestyle with 14:22.41.[7] During the 2017 NCAA Championships at Indianapolis, Smith won two events, the 500-yard freestyle and the 1650-yard freestyle, breaking the American records in each swim. Smith swam the third leg of an American record-setting performance in the 800-yard freestyle relay with the University of Texas in 2017.
References[]
- ^ a b "Clark Smith". SwimSwam.com.
- ^ a b "Clark Smith". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- ^ "Clark Smith - Men's Swimming and Diving".
- ^ "A Tower Of Strength: Clark Smith". Swimming World News. March 3, 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Jared (March 24, 2017). "Redemption: Clark Smith Breaks 500 Free American Record With 4:08.42". Swimswam. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Smith Smashes American, NCAA Records In the 1000 Free". SwimSwam.com. December 6, 2015.
- ^ Neidigh, Lauren (March 25, 2017). "Clark Smith Smashes American Record to Win NCAA 1650 Free in 14:22.41". Swimswam. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
External links[]
- Clark Smith at USA Swimming
- Clark Smith at FINA
- Clark Smith at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Clark Smith at Olympics.com
- Clark Smith at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Clark Smith at Olympic.org (archived)
- Clark Smith at Olympedia
- Clark Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from Atlanta
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American male butterfly swimmers
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