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| Full name | William Douglas Schwenk III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Tripp" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-06-17)June 17, 1971 (age 54) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Douglas "Tripp"Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competitionswimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Schwenk swam for the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Head CoachJohn 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 the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he competed in themen's 200-meter backstroke and finished fifth in the event final in a time of 1:59.73.[3]
At the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he received a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen's 4×100-meter medley. Individually, Schwenk also received the silver medal for recording a 1:58.99 second-place finish in themen's 200-meter backstroke. He also competed in themen'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]
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