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Florida Gators Swimming And Diving
The Florida Gators swimming and diving program represents the University of Florida in the aquatics sports of swimming and diving. The program includes separate men's and women's teams, both of which compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators host their home meets in the O'Connell Center Natatorium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head swimming coach Anthony Nesty and diving coach Bryan Gillooly. Since Florida's swim and dive program was established in 1930, the men's team has won forty SEC team championships and two NCAA national championships. Since the NCAA and the SEC began sanctioning women's swimming in 1981, the Lady Gators have won seventeen SEC team championships and three national championships. Florida Gators Olympic medalists The University of Florida has been represented in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, and the Gators swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gators Swimming & Diving Logo
Gator is a slang word for alligator. Gator may also refer to: People nicknamed Gator *Mike Greenwell (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Gator" *Ron Guidry (born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher *Gator Hoskins (born 1991), American former football player *Willis Jackson (saxophonist) (1932-1987), American jazz saxophonist *Mark Rogowski (born 1966), professional skateboarder convicted for a 1991 murder Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Gator, a Railway engines (Thomas & Friends)#Gator, recurring character in ''Thomas & Friends'' *Gabby Gator, an animated cartoon character, foe of Woody Woodpecker *Wally Gator, the titular character of "Wally Gator", one of the segments from ''The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series'' Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media *Gator (film), ''Gator'' (film), a 1976 action movie starring and directed by Burt Reynolds *Gator (game), a swimming pool game *"Gator", an instrumental track on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catie Ball
Catharine Ball Condon (born September 30, 1951), née Catharine Northcutt Ball, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. Ball is a former world record holder in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events, and is remembered as a teenage star who was the dominant female breaststroke swimmer of her generation. Early years Ball was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1951. As a teenager, she swam for the J.E.T.S. swim team in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) competition, the Florida Yacht Club, and attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville.Florida Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees Catie Ball (2010) Retrieved November 7, 2014.Gene Frenette, Where are they now? Olympic swimmer Catie Ball-Condon" ''The Florida Times-Union'' (July 22, 2011). Retrieved November 7, 2014. In August 1966, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Gaberino
Geoffrey Steven Gaberino (born July 18, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Gaberino was a member of two national championship college teams and a four-time college national champion in relay events. Early years Geoff Gaberino was born in Dallas, Texas in 1962.Sports-Reference, Olympic Sports Geoff Gaberino. Retrieved June 7, 2010. He was a standout swimmer at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and led the team to an Eastern Prep School Championship in 1980.Swim Across America, Olympians Geoff Gaberino Retrieved July 14, 2010. College swimming career Gaberino attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1981 to 1984. Florida Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Media Supplement'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 78, 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Dwyer
Conor James Dwyer (born January 10, 1989) is a former American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He competed in freestyle and medley events, and won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×200-meter freestyle relay team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In total, he has won seventeen medals in major international competitions: nine gold, six silver, and two bronze spanning the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American Games. Dwyer placed second at the 2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials in the 400m freestyle. On 11 October 2019 it was announced by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that Dwyer had failed a series of anti-doping tests in late 2018. It had been found that he had banned anabolic steroids, namely testosterone in the form of pellets, surgically inserted into his body. Dwyer was banned for 20 months and was expected to miss the 2020 Summer Olympics before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caeleb Dressel
Caeleb Remel Dressel (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He won a record seven gold medals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, nine medals, six of which were gold, at the 2018 World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, and eight medals, including six gold, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju. Dressel is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and holds world records in the 100 meter butterfly (long course and short course), 50 meter freestyle (short course), and 100 meter individual medley (short course). At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Dressel won five gold medals, which made him the fifth American to win five gold medals in a single Olympic Games after 1970. Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Eric Heiden, and Matt Biondi were the other four. He also became the first male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Delcourt
Frédéric Delcourt (born February 14, 1964) is a French former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. Delcourt was born in Nord, France. He competed in three events for France at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, including swimming the backstroke leg for the fifth-place French men's 4x100-meter medley relay team. Delcourt won the silver medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Delcourt attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1984.''2008 Florida Gators Swimming & Diving Media Guide'' History, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 100, 103, 105, 116 (2008). Retrieved September 25, 2010. See also * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * List of University of Florida alumni * List of University of Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Dalbey
Troy Lane Dalbey (born September 19, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Dalbey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1986 to 1987.''Gator Men's Swimming & Diving 2008–2009 Media Guide'' Gator History & Records University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 88, 89, 90, 93, 105, 111–114 (2008). Retrieved November 13, 2012. In 1987, he was named an All-American in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, the 400-yard medley relay, and the 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays, and was a member of the Gators' 800-yard freestyle relay team that won the NCAA title that year. Dalbey won two gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.databaseOlympics.com, Athletes Troy Dalbey. Retrieved July 15, 2010. He won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Clarke (swimmer)
Stephen Clarke (born July 21, 1973) is a Canadian former competition swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist. Clarke was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, and emigrated to Canada at an early age. He swam for the COBRA swim club in Brampton, Ontario, where he was the first member of the club to make the national team.City of Brampton Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees Stephen Clarke. Retrieved July 19, 2014. Clarke had a distinguished international swimming career, representing Canada at two Summer Olympics and a Commonwealth Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he won a bronze medal by anchoring the Canadian team in the men's 4×100-metre medley, swimming with Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, and Marcel Gery. He swam in multiple events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, winning a gold medal in the men's 100-metre freestyle (50.21 seconds), a silver in the 100-metre butterfly (54.45 seconds), and a second silver for anchoring Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Cetlinski
Matthew J. Cetlinski (born October 4, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Cetlinski was born in Lake Worth, Florida. He attended Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida. As a junior swimmer, he trained with the Wellington Wahoos Swim Club in nearby Wellington, Florida. Cetlinski accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1983 to 1986. Florida Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Media Supplement'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 76, 78, 79, 83, 87, 90, 94, 96, 97, 100 (2014). Retrieved March 3, 2015. He was a member of the Gators' 1983 and 1984 NCAA men's championship teams, as well as four consecutive SEC championships teams. As Gator swimmer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Caulkins
Tracy Anne Stockwell, Medal of the Order of Australia, OAM, (born January 11, 1963), née Tracy Anne Caulkins, is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time world champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Caulkins was noted for her versatility and ability in all four major competitive swimming strokes: the butterfly stroke, butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle swimming, freestyle. Caulkins won forty-eight national championships and set List of United States records in swimming, American records in all four strokes over a range of distances as well as in the individual medley (IM) events, which combine all four strokes over the course of a single race. Her versatility brought Caulkins many titles and awards, and as a result she is considered one of the greatest swimmers of all time. By the time she retired from competitive swimming in 1984, Caulkins had set five List of world records in swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Barcelona Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This was the second (after 1968) "Olympic Games" to be held in a Spanish-speaking nation, then followed by the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. The 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics were the last games to be staged in the same year. This games was the second and last two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France held five months earlier. The 1992 Summer Games were the first since the end of the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Burgess
Gregory Stewart Burgess (born January 11, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Burgess was born in Baltimore, Maryland.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Greg Burgess. Retrieved March 6, 2015. He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he swam for the Bolles high school swim team.The Bolles School, Athletics Bolles Olympic Medalists. Retrieved March 6, 2015. He graduated from Bolles in 1990. Burgess 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 Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994. While in college, he set four American records: two in the 200-meter individual medley and two in the 400-meter individual medley, and was a four-time NCAA champion in the same two events in 1993 and 1994. Burgess received twelve All-American honors as a Gator swimmer. He gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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