Christopher Carl Cavanaugh (born July 1, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer former world record holder in the 50 meter freestyle and Olympic champion. He was a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[1] and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team when the United States led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2]
Cavanaugh has volunteered as a celebrity swimmer for various charitable organizations including Swim Across America, a charitable organization that raises money for cancer. He now coaches and swims Masters having held many Masters National record. He also works with USS, and club swimmers at all levels. He resides in San Jose, California and currently serves as president of the board of directors of Santa Clara Swim Club.[5][6]
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Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
chris, cavanaugh, swimmer, christopher, carl, cavanaugh, born, july, 1962, american, former, competition, swimmer, former, world, record, holder, meter, freestyle, olympic, champion, member, winning, team, meter, freestyle, relay, 1984, summer, olympics, angel. Christopher Carl Cavanaugh born July 1 1962 is an American former competition swimmer former world record holder in the 50 meter freestyle and Olympic champion He was a member of the winning U S team in the 4 100 meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles 1 and was also a member of the U S Olympic team when the United States led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow 2 Chris CavanaughCavanaugh in 1984Personal informationFull nameChristopher Carl CavanaughNickname s Chris National teamUnited StatesBorn 1962 07 01 July 1 1962 age 60 Hialeah Florida U S Height6 ft 4 in 1 93 m Weight208 lb 94 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleCollege teamUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMedal record Representing the United StatesOlympic Games1984 Los Angeles 4 100 m freestyleWorld Championships LC 1982 Guayaquil 4 100 m freestylePan American Games1983 Caracas 4 100 m freestyleCavanaugh was an All American swimmer and elected team captain for the USC Trojans swimming team at the University of Southern California where he also played water polo and graduated in 1986 3 4 Cavanaugh has volunteered as a celebrity swimmer for various charitable organizations including Swim Across America a charitable organization that raises money for cancer He now coaches and swims Masters having held many Masters National record He also works with USS and club swimmers at all levels He resides in San Jose California and currently serves as president of the board of directors of Santa Clara Swim Club 5 6 See also EditList of Olympic medalists in swimming men List of University of Southern California people List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming men World record progression 50 metres freestyle World record progression 4 100 metres freestyle relayReferences 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 USC Men s Swimming amp Diving All Americans Archived November 28 2006 at the Wayback Machine USC Trojans Athletic Department Accessed August 27 2008 USC OLYMPIANS 1904 2008 USC Trojans Athletic Department Accessed August 27 2008 Santa Clara Swim Club Board of Directors Chris Cavanaugh LinkedIn External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chris Cavanaugh swimmer 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 RecordsPreceded byKlaus Steinbach Men s 50 meter freestyleworld record holder long course February 2 1980 April 10 1980 Succeeded byRowdy Gaines This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Cavanaugh swimmer amp oldid 1078307421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
