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 "Tripp" 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[]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tripp Schwenk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links[]
- Tripp Schwenk at the International Olympic Committee
- Tripp Schwenk at Olympics.com
- Tripp Schwenk at Olympedia
- Tripp Schwenk at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- 1971 births
- Living people
- American male backstroke swimmers
- American male medley swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Tennessee Volunteers men's swimmers
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade gold medalists for the United States
- Universiade silver medalists for the United States
- Universiade bronze medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- American swimming biography stubs