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Nathaniel James Dusing (born November 25, 1978) is an American former competition
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
, Olympic medalist, and world champion.


Education

Dusing won six swimming state championships for Covington Catholic High School before graduating in 1997. The later swam for the
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.


Swimming

Dusing represented the United States at two consecutive
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. At the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in Sydney, Australia, he earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, he received a bronze medal by swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. He was also a member of gold medal-winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle at the
2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (french: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's ...
, and the 2004 World Short Course Championships.


See also

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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 metre ...
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List of University of Texas at Austin alumni This list of University of Texas at Austin alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of Texas at Austin. The institution is a major research university in Downtown Austin, Texas, US an ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 me ...


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* * * * 1978 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from the Cincinnati metropolitan area People from Kenton County, Kentucky Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Texas Longhorns men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Covington Catholic High School alumni Swimmers from Kentucky 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub