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| Full name | Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-09-15)September 15, 1975 (age 50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation's Capital Swim Club Club Wolverine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rick Curl (Nation's Capital SC) Jon Urbanchek (Michigan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan (born September 15, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Dolan was born September 15, 1975 inArlington, Virginia and attendedYorktown High School, where he was a swimming team standout. Dolan needed to overcome childhood asthma, which impacted his swimming by 12, sometimes causing him to lose consciousness during his college workouts. In High School, he swam for Head Coach Rick Curl of the Curl-Burke Swim Club, later known as theNation's Capital Swim Club.[1]
He attended theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he swam for coachJon Urbanchek'sMichigan Wolverines swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1994 to 1997.[2] During his college swimming career, he won individual NCAA national championships in the 500-yard freestyle (1995, 1996), 1,650-yard freestyle (1995, 1996), and 400-yard individual medley (1995, 1996), and was a member of three of Michigan's winning teams in the 800-yard freestyle relay (1994, 1995, 1996).[2][3]
Dolan represented the United States at two consecutiveSummer Olympics.[4] At the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he won a gold medal in themen's 400-meter individual medley, finishing with a time 4:14.90.[4][5] He also competed in themen's 200-meter individual medley, placing seventh in the event final with a time 2:03.89.[4][6]
Four years later at the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Dolan again won a gold medal in themen's 400-meter individual medley, and setting a new world record of 4:11.76 in the final.[4][7] He also received the silver medal for his second-place performance in themen's 200-meter individual medley (1:59.77).[4][8]
Dolan was inducted into theInternational Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 2006,[9] and theVirginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.[9]
He has operated the Tom Dolan Swim School in Northern Virginia, teaching infants to adults fundamentals that are essential for water safety, recreational swimming, and competitive swimming.[10]
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| Preceded by | Men's 400-meter individual medley world record-holder (long course) September 11, 1994 – August 15, 2002 | Succeeded by |
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