William Douglas "Tripp" Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition

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, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Schwenk swam for the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Head Coach John Trembley.Gribble, Andrew, "Trembley", ''The Knoxville News Sentinel'', Knoxville, Tennessee, 15 January 2012, p. 30 While swimming for Tennessee, he captured the NCAA 200 backstroke title in 1992 and won Southeastern Conference titles three times. Schwenk represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. At the

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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 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. In international competition, Schwenk was a competitor at both the 1991 and 1993 Universiade, where he took three gold medals and five medals in all. He won a gold medal in the 200 backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1995. Schwenk later served as a K-9 Unit police officer in Sarasota, Florida, where he lived with his wife, one son and a daughter.

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* * * 1971 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers American male medley swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennessee Volunteers men's swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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