Christopher Carl Cavanaugh (born July 1, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, a former world record holder in the 50 meter freestyle and an Olympic champion. He was a member of the gold medal U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[1] and was part of the U.S. Olympic team that led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2]
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| Full name | Christopher Carl Cavanaugh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Chris" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 1, 1962 Hialeah, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to his gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, he was on a World Record 4x100 freestyle relay team at the World Championships in Guayaquil, Equador on August 5, 1983, where he swam the first leg in a time of 50.13.[3]
Cavanaugh was an All-American swimmer and captain of the USC Trojans swimming team at the University of Southern California, where he swam for Hall of Fame Coach Peter Daland. He also played water polo for USC, graduating in 1986.[4][5]
Cavanaugh has volunteered as a celebrity swimmer for charitable organizations including Swim Across America, an American-based fund raiser for cancer research. He now coaches and swims Masters having held many Masters National records. He also works with United States Swimming, and club swimmers at all levels. He resides in San Jose, California and formerly served as president of the board of directors of the highly competitive Santa Clara Swim Club.[6][7]
See also
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edit- ^ "1984 Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Swimming" Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ^ Cavanaugh's bio from Swim Across America. retrieved June 19, 2009.
- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ USC Men's Swimming & Diving All-Americans Archived November 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.
- ^ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008 Archived September 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.
- ^ "Santa Clara Swim Club - Board of Directors".
- ^ "Chris Cavanaugh". LinkedIn.
External links
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chris Cavanaugh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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