William Douglas "Tripp" Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
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| Full name | William Douglas Schwenk III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Tripp" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 17, 1971 Sarasota, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | John Trembley University of Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
References edit
- ^ Gribble, Andrew, "Trembley", The Knoxville News Sentinal, Knoxville, Tennessee, 15 January 2012, pg. 30
- ^ a b c "Trip Schwenk, Biography". Olympedia. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Tripp Schwenk at Olympics.com
- Tripp Schwenk at Olympedia
- Tripp Schwenk at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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