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1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The fifth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event involving countries in the Pacific region, was held on August 12–15, 1993 in Kobe, Japan. Competing nations Results Men's events Legend: WR: World record, CR: Championship record Women's events Legend: WR: World record, CR: Championship record See also *List of Pan Pacific Championships records in swimming References *''For the Record'', '' Swimming World Magazine'', October 1993. {{Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Pan Pacific Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about west of Osaka and southwest of Kyoto. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the '' Nihon Shoki'', which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201.Ikuta Shrine official website – "History of Ikuta Shrine" (Japanese) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Bruner
Thomas Carlton Bruner (born February 1, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. Background Bruner was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972,Sports Reference, Olympic Sports Carlton Bruner Retrieved April 17, 2010. and he started his swimming career at the metropolitan Atlanta area Dynamo Swim Club.Swim Across America, Olympians Carlton Bruner Retrieved September 24, 2010. Bruner accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994. While swimming for the Gators, Bruner was a two-time NCAA champion, including the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1992 and the 1,650-yard freestyle in 1993, and received five All-American honors.''Gator Men's Swimming & Diving 2008–2009 Media Guide'' Gator History & Records, University Athletic Association, Gainesvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danyon Loader
Danyon Joseph Loader (born 21 April 1975) is an Olympic champion, former world record holder swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin. He remains the national record holder in the 400 metre freestyle short course. He swam for New Zealand at two Summer Olympics (1992, 1996) and three Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994 and 1998). At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he garnered a silver medal in the 200 metre butterfly. In 1996 in Atlanta, Loader won two gold medals: in the 200 and 400 metre freestyle. He set world records in the short course 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle. In the 1997 New Year Honours, Loader was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming, and he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. In December 2012, Loader starred in an online video campaign supporting same-sex marriage, alongside New Zealand singers Anika Moa, Hollie Smith, and Boh Runga, as well as past Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Pepper
Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, and Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel. Genesis According to the Book of Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (according to the Masoretic Text), or 230 years old (according to the Septuagint), "a son in his likeness and image". The genealogy is repeated at . states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. According to Genesis, Seth died at the age of 912 (that is, 14 years before Noah's birth). (2962 BC) Jewish tradition Seth figures in the pseudepigraphical texts of the ''Life of Adam and Eve'' (the ''Apocalypse of Moses''). It recounts the lives of Adam and Eve from after their expulsion from the Garden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Henderson (swimmer)
Mark Andrew Henderson (born November 14, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World champion, two-time Pan American Games champion, four-time Pan Pacific champion and five-time U.S. National champion. He competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he was the butterfly leg of the gold medal 4×100-meter medley relay, which set the world, Olympic, American, and U.S. Open records."1996 Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on May 3, 2008) Career Before his high school years, Olympic champion Mark Henderson swam for the Fort Washington Pool Assoc., ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Wunderlich
Eric Allen Wunderlich (born May 22, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He won two gold medals at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay event (1991 and 1994). See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 metre ... References * 1970 births Living people American male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{US-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cleveland
Jonathan Thomas Cleveland (born December 19, 1970) is a former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Mark Tewksbury, Marcel Gery and Stephen Clarke. His best individual performance was seventh place, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the 200-metre breaststroke. at Sports Reference Cleveland won gold medals in the men's 200-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre medley relay at the |
Seth Van Neerden
Seth Van Neerden (born 1968) from swimrankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-05. is a former national record-holding and national team member from the United States. He competed at the , where he won three gold medals: as part of the American team's winning 4×100-meter medley relay, and for winning the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Hayashi (swimmer)
(born September 16, 1974) is a retired Japanese male breaststroke swimmer. He represented Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a five medals in the 1990s at the Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t .... References * 1974 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Miyazaki Prefecture Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Japanese male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Rogers
Philip John Rogers (born 24 April 1971) is a former breaststroke swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal in the 100-metre breaststroke, followed by a bronze in 1996 in the 4x100-metre medley relay. During his last Olympic appearance, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was the oldest member of the Australian Swimming team, at age 29. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * World record progression 100 metres breaststroke * World record progression 200 metres breaststroke The first world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908 and the first world record in the women's 200 metres breaststroke ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripp Schwenk
William Douglas "Tripp" Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Schwenk represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 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. See also * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * List of University of Tennessee people * World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay This article includes the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce Sharp
James Royce Sharp (born May 25, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Sharp competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter backstroke, and finished with the eighteenth-best time overall (2:00.97). His winning time in the U.S. Olympic Trials was over two seconds faster, and the equivalent time would have won a medal in Barcelona.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Royce Sharp Retrieved October 5, 2012. See also * List of University of Michigan alumni * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 metre ... References 1972 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers Michigan Wolverines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
