Nathaniel James Dusing (born November 25, 1978) is an American former competition
swimmer
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, 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
University of Texas
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.
Swimming
Dusing represented the United States at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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. At the
2000 Summer Olympics
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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
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, 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
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References
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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
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