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1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 Metre Individual Medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Tom Dolan of US. This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the , the second pair with the , the third pair of lengths in |
NISHI Civic Pool
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Tom Wilkens
Thomas Peter Wilkens (born November 25, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Wilkens represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He received a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:00.87. He also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, but did not advance.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Tom Wilkens Retrieved November 6, 2012. The breaststroker was one of the featured swimmers in P.H. Mullen's book ''Gold in the Water''. Wilkens grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, while swimming at the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club. He attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, and graduated from Stanford University.Frank Litsky, Swimming: National Spring Championship; Wilkens Didn't Expect This Much Success" ''The New York Times'' (March 31, 1999). Retrieved June 13, 2011. "When To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fong (singer)
Alex Fong (方力申, Fong Lik-sun; born 26 February 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. As of 2021,Fong still holds several Hong Kong swimming records (and some youth-grade records). He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Hong Kong. Fong caught the attention of record executives with his popularity amongst teenage girls and became a singer in 2001. He had been assigned to work with Stephy Tang of former pop-group Cookies/Mini Cookies for the past few years. They now have eight duets: 好心好報, 好好戀愛, 十・分愛 (winner of the 2006 Jade Solid Gold 'Best Duet Gold Award'), 我的最愛, 重爱 (mandarin version of 我的最愛), 七年, 同屋主 and 危城. Aside from releasing albums and filming movies, Fong is also one of the hosts of TVB's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Yoshimi
is a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's 200m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ..., behind America's Tom Wilkens. References sports-reference 1970 births Living people Japanese male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Von Richter
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Mark Kwok (swimmer)
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Oliver Young (swimmer)
Commander Oliver Young (11 July 1855 – 9 October 1908) was an English Royal Navy officer and later a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham from 1898 to 1901. Early life and Navy Young was born on 11 July 1855 at Wargrave in Berkshire, the son of Adolphus William Young a solicitor and later a Member of Parliament and his Australian wife Jane (née Throsby). He was educated at Burney's Naval Academy at Gosport and entered the Royal Navy in 1869. By 1875 Young was promoted to sub-lieutenant and was a lieutenant by 1880. He served on during the 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria and he was later on board during the campaign in Sudan. In June 1887 Shaw retired from the Navy and married Mabell Ann Beale in 1888. Politics Young was elected to Parliament in a by-election following the death of Sir George Russell in 1898. He left Parliament when he resigned Resignation is the formal act of leaving or quitting one's office or po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Weiss (swimmer)
Philip Weiss is an American journalist who co-edits ''Mondoweiss'' ("a news website devoted to covering American foreign policy in the Middle East, chiefly from a progressive Jewish perspective") with journalist Adam Horowitz. Weiss describes himself as an anti-Zionist and rejects the label "post-Zionist." Career Weiss is the author of the novel ''Cock-a-doodle-doo'' (1996) and the non-fiction book ''American Taboo: A Murder In The Peace Corps'' (2004). He co-edited ''The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict'' (2011) with Adam Horowitz and Lizzy Ratner. Other Writing Weiss has written for Spy magazine, ''New York'' magazine, '' Harper's'', ''Esquire'', and ''The New York Observer''. In 2006 he began writing a daily blog called ''Mondoweiss'' for ''The New York Observer'' website which began to focus only on "Jewish issues" like "the Iraq disaster and my Jewishness, Zionism, neo-conservatism, Israel, Palestine." In the spring of 2007, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Van Der Zant
Robert Cornelius van der Zant (born 2 February 1975) is a former medley swimmer who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ... in Sydney. There he finished in fourteenth position in the 200-metre individual medley. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) References 1975 births Living people Sportsmen from Queensland Australian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Australia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Brisbane Australian people of Dutch descent Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along with fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in his hometown of Sydney. At the age of 14, Thorpe became the youngest male ever to represent Australia,Hunter, p. 75. and his victory in the 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 Perth World Championships made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion.Andrews, pp. 434–436, 487. After that victory, Thorpe dominated the 400 m freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships until his break after the 2004 Olympics in Athens. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wang Wei is the name of: Historical figures * Wang Wei (Liang dynasty) (died 552), official under the Liang dynasty rebel Hou Jing * Wang Wei (Tang dynasty) (699–759), Tang dynasty poet, musician, painter, and statesman * Wang Wei (courtesan) (1597–1647), late-Ming dynasty courtesan and minor poet Entrepreneurs * Wang Wei (SF Express) (born 1971), founder of SF Express * Gary Wang or Wang Wei (born 1973), founder of Tudou.com * William Wang or Wang Wei, founder of Vizio Sportspeople * Wang Wei (fencer) (born 1958), Chinese fencer * Wei Wang (table tennis) (born 1961), Chinese-born American table tennis player * Wang Wei (ice hockey) (born 1977), Chinese ice hockey player * Wang Wei (baseball) (born 1978), Chinese baseball player * Wang Wei (badminton) (born 1979), Chinese badminton player * Wang Wei (sailor) (born 1988), Chinese Olympic sailor * Wang Wei (footballer) (born 1989), Chinese footballer * Wang Wei (high jumper), high jumper who competed in the 1993 East A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Kinugasa
is a male Japanese retired male medley swimmer. Swimming career Kinugasa represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... Despite being of Japanese nationality he won the 200 metres medley title and the 400 metres medley title in 1997, at the ASA National British Championships. References 1974 births Living people Japanese male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
