Thomas Carlton Bruner (born February 1, 1972) is an American former competition
swimmer
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who specialized in long-distance
freestyle events.
Background
Bruner was born in
Atlanta, Georgia
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in 1972,
[Sports Reference, Olympic Sports]
Carlton Bruner
Retrieved April 17, 2010. and he started his swimming career at the metropolitan Atlanta area Dynamo Swim Club.
[Swim Across America, Olympians]
Carlton Bruner
Retrieved September 24, 2010.
Bruner accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida
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in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the
Florida Gators swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994. While swimming for the Gators, Bruner was a two-time NCAA champion, including the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1992 and the 1,650-yard freestyle in 1993, and received five
All-American
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honors.
[''Gator Men's Swimming & Diving 2008–2009 Media Guide'']
Gator History & Records
, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 93, 96 & 116 (2008). Retrieved April 17, 2010.
Sport career
Bruner was considered to be one of the ten best 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle swimmers in the world from 1992 to 1996.
[ He placed third in both the 1993 and 1995 ]Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
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, breaking the games record, in the same event. Bruner represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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in his hometown of Atlanta, where he placed thirteenth in the 1500-meter freestyle event.[
Bruner is a veteran celebrity swimmer for ]Swim Across America
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(SAA), a charitable organization that raises funds for cancer research, and has participated in SAA events since 2005.[
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See also
*List of University of Florida alumni
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*List of University of Florida Olympians
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References
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1972 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
American male medley swimmers
Florida Gators men's swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the United States
Swimmers from Atlanta
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Dunwoody High School alumni
Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
20th-century American sportsmen
21st-century American sportsmen