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Tripp Schwenk
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Douglas Schwenk III
Nickname"Tripp"
National team  United States
Born (1971-06-17) June 17, 1971 (age 52)
Sarasota, Florida
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight174 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
ClubSarasota YMCA
College team University of Tennessee
Coach John Trembley
University of Tennessee
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 200 m backstroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1993 Kobe 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1995 Atlanta 100 m backstroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1991 Sheffield 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1993 Buffalo 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Buffalo 200 m backstroke

William Douglas "Tripp" Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Schwenk swam for the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Head Coach John Trembley. [1] While swimming for Tennessee, he captured the NCAA 200 backstroke title in 1992 and won Southeastern Conference titles three times. [2]

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. [3]

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. [3]

In international competition, Schwenk was a competitor at both the 1991 and 1993 Universiade, where he took three gold medals and five medals in all. He won a gold medal in the 200 backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1995. [2]

Schwenk later served as a K-9 Unit police officer in Sarasota, Florida, where he lived with his wife, one son and a daughter. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gribble, Andrew, "Trembley", The Knoxville News Sentinal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 15 January 2012, pg. 30
  2. ^ a b c "Trip Schwenk, Biography". Olympedia. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. ^ 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 December 4, 2016.

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