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Swimming At The 1991 World Aquatics Championships
These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships. Medal table Medal summary Men Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record Women Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record References 1991 World Aquatics Championships-results {{Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships Swimming
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1991 World Aquatics Championships
The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Western Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men ;Women Open water swimming ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchronised swimming Water polo ;Men ;Women Participating nations External linksFINA Official Website () {{Fina world champs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Selkov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Selkov (russian: Владимир Владимирович Сельков; born 1 April 1971 in Berezniki) is a former backstroke swimmer from Russia, who won a total number of three silver medals at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau .... His only individual medal came at his debut, at the Barcelona Games in 1992, in the 200 m backstroke. References profile* 1971 births Living people Soviet male swimmers Russian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia World Aquatics Championships medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Lang
Brent Dennis Lang (born January 25, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Lang earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Brent Lang. Retrieved November 8, 2012. Lang was a member of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team while attending the University of Michigan.MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions. Retrieved February 18, 2013. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition, he won four NCAA national championships as a Michigan swimmer—twice in the 50-yard freestyle (1989, 1990) and twice in the 100-yard freestyle (1988, 1990). In December 2014, Lang was announced as one of the six recipients of the 2015 Silver Anniversary Awards, presented annually by the NCAA to outstandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Geßner
Christian Gessner (or Geßner; born 16 June 1968) is a retired German swimmer who won three medals in the 200 m and 400 m medley at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships and 1991 World Aquatics Championships. Next year, he finished fifth in the same events at the 1992 Summer 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 .... References 1968 births German male swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany Living people World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Male medley swimmers Sportspeople from Gera {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Namesnik
Eric John Namesnik (August 7, 1970 – January 11, 2006), nicknamed "Snik," was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic silver medalist in the men's 400-meter individual relay (1992 & 1996). Early years Namesnik was born and raised in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania, and swam for the Butler YMCA Swim team while he was growing up. He initially attended Butler Area Senior High School, transferring after his sophomore season to Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton, Florida. He accepted a swimming scholarship from the University of Michigan, to compete under coach Jon Urbanchek's Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team from 1989 to 1993. Swimming career Namesnik represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he received his first Olympic medal, a silver, for his second-place performance in the men's 400-meter individual medley (4:15.57). Four years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Darnyi
Tamás Darnyi (born 3 June 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993. He is the first swimmer ever to swim the 200 m medley (long course) in less than 2 minutes. Career Possibly one of the greatest medley swimmers of all time, Tamás Darnyi dominated his speciality between 1985 and 1993. He won the 200/400 m medley double at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, the 1986 and 1991 World Championships, and the 1985, 1987 and 1989 European Championships. He also won a European title in the 200 m butterfly, and a world bronze in the same event. A teen talent, Darnyi might have competed at the 1984 Olympics, but both the Eastern European boycott and a personal accident prevented this. He was hit by a snowball in the left eye, which left him blind in one ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin Stewart
Melvin Monroe Stewart Jr. (born November 18, 1968) is an American swimming promoter, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is the co-founder and publisher of the swimming news website, SwimSwam, and a producer-director of commercials through his company, Gold Medal Media. Early life and education Stewart was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and raised in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Noden, Merrell (July 6, 1992)"Great Expectations: Melvin Stewart's Journey From the World of the PTL Ministry to his Life as the World's Best Butterflyer Has Been Well, Dickensian" ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved July 20, 2021."Where Are They Now?: Mel Stewart" '' |
Vladislav Kulikov
Vladislav Kulikov (russian: Владислав Куликов; born 7 January 1971) is a former butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 .... He also competed at the Barcelona Games (1992), as a member of the Unified Team. External links * * Russian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Russia Male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia 1971 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Groß
Michael Groß (, ; born 17 June 1964), usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991.Michael Gross Encyclopædia Britannica Career Gross was born in , West Germany, and trained as a member of the swimming club EOSC[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Nesty
Anthony Conrad Nesty (born November 25, 1967) is a former competition swimmer from Suriname who was an Olympic gold medallist in the 100-metre butterfly event in 1988. He is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators men's and women's swim team at the University of Florida, where he attended school. Early years Anthony Nesty was born in Port of Spain in 1967, the youngest of five children in his family. Nesty's family migrated to Suriname when he was seven months old, and he started swimming at the age of 5. Nesty trained and competed in Suriname and the Caribbean through the beginning of his teenage years. He represented Suriname along with his sister, Pauline, at the 1983 Pan American Games.Stutgard, Ricky W. (1990''De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893–1988)'' Alberga, Paramaribo. . p. 137 After placing twenty-first in the 100-metre butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at just 16 years old, Nesty enrolled in The Bolles School in Jacksonvill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Gillingham
Nicholas Gillingham, (born 22 January 1967) is an English former competitive swimmer, active in the 1980's and 1990's. Born in Walsall, he represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World championships and European championships, as well as representing England in the Commonwealth Games. Medalling in two Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992, he was a World (short course), European and Commonwealth champion in his specialist event, the 200 metres breaststroke. His career broadly overlapped with fellow British breaststroker and Olympic 100 metre breaststroke champion, Adrian Moorhouse. Swimming career Olympic Games Gillingham participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke in a Commonwealth record of 2:14.12, followed by a bronze medal in the same event four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in another Commonwealth record of 2:11.29. Although bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Barrowman
Michael Ray Barrowman (born December 4, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Barrowman was one of the pioneers of the "wave-style" breaststroke technique. Prior to attending University of Michigan, he trained with Montgomery Square Copenhaver Swim Club and the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club in Maryland. He placed fourth in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke. He set a world record in the same event the following year at the USA Swimming Long Course National Championships with a time of 2:12.90. The following year at the 1990 Goodwill Games he recorded a time of 2:11.53 and beat two other swimmers who also bested the previous world mark.Past Goodwill Games – 1990 and Seattle . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |