Nickname(s) "Tripp" Name Tripp Schwenk Role Swimmer | Height 1.91 m Club Sarasota YMCA Weight 79 kg | |
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Full name William Douglas Schwenk, III College team Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving Similar People Jeremy Linn, Brad Bridgewater, Gary Hall - Jr, Scott Miller, Kurt Grote | ||
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William Douglas 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.
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.