David Dennis Wilson (born October 5, 1960) is an American former competition

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and two-time Olympic medalist. At the

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in Los Angeles, Wilson earned a gold medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also won a silver medal by finishing second in the final of the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Wilson set the national high school backstroke record his junior year at Anderson High School in

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; set the national high school record his senior year (erasing the high school mark set earlier by Mark Spitz); and re-set his national high school backstroke record. After competing in the 1984 Olympics, Wilson earned his MBA degree from

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. He worked for several real estate companies before founding Fifth Lane Real Estate Company, located in

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, in 2009. As of August 2021, Wilson is a leader in Search Nashville, an organization that connects individuals seeking answers about God. Wilson is married to his wife Dru, and they have three children: a daughter, Dabney, and twin sons, James and Matthew.

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* 1960 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Long Beach, California Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade 21st-century American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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