Tom Malchow
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Full name | Thomas Andrew Malchow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Tom" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Paul, Minnesota |
August 18, 1976 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Club Wolverine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Andrew Malchow (born January 30, 1977) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder.
Malchow represented the United States in two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly. He also set a new world record in the 200-meter butterfly in 2000.
Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He attended high school in Minnesota at Saint Thomas Academy, graduated from the University of Michigan and was a member of the United States Swimming (USS) Team 'Star'.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
References
- Tom Malchow – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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Preceded by | Men's 200-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001 |
Succeeded by Michael Phelps |
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- Living people
- American male butterfly swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming