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Tami Bruce
Tami Lee Bruce (born March 6, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States in two freestyle events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Early years Bruce was born in San Diego in 1967.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports Tami Bruce Retrieved April 12, 2010. She attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California,Kim Q. Berkshire, She's Playing Hooky In Seoul" ''Los Angeles Times'' (August 28, 1988). Retrieved April 12, 2012. and swam for the Hilltop Lancers high school team. She graduated from Hilltop in 1985. She also trained with the Mission Viejo Nadadores swim team. College swimming career Bruce accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in NCAA and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1986 to 1989. Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement'', University Athletic Association, Gainesv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metre Freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows; The following records were established during the length of the competition; Results Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). Finals Final B Final A References External links Official ReportUSA Swimming {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... Women's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Swimmers Of The United States
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Medalists At The FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M)
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Florida Gators Women's Swimmers
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Female Medley Swimmers
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American Female Freestyle Swimmers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps, USMC and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of University Of Florida Olympians
This List of University of Florida Olympians includes over 150 students and alumni of the University of Florida who have competed or coached in the Olympic Games, as well as current or former Florida Gators coaches who have coached in the Olympics.GatorZone.com, Inside Athletics Olympic History Retrieved February 27, 2015. The list includes such notable athletes as swimmer Tracy Caulkins, a three-time gold medalist, swimmer Ryan Lochte, a five-time gold medalist and winner of eleven medals, and distance runner Frank Shorter, a graduate of the College of Law and the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the marathon.Mark Harrison, Gators find gold in past Olympic games" ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 1C (February 17, 1984). Retrieved February 27, 2015. Swimmer Catie Ball was the first University of Florida alumna to win an Olympic medal, but she did so while she was still a high school student and before she enrolled in the university. Ball was a gold medalist in the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of University Of Florida Alumni
This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators. Engineering, science, and mathematics * Mark Adler, researcher, known for his work in data compression, and creator of zlib and gzip * James Allchin, developed Microsoft operating systems, former executive * Miguel Altieri, agroecologist at the University of California, Berkeley * John D. Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum * John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer * C. D. Atkins, co-creator of frozen orange juice concentrate * Marc Baldus, physicist and expert in solid-state NMR spectroscopy * Rodney J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Armstrong
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong (born 7 April 1968) is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Early years Armstrong was born in the Queensland city of Rockhampton, and began swimming at the age of five. Convinced of his potential as a competitive swimmer, his family moved to Brisbane where he began training with the A.C.I. Lawrence Swimming Club as a teenager under flamboyant coach Laurie Lawrence.John Lohn, Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming'', Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, p. 3 (2010). Retrieved 7 March 2015. While training with coach Lawrence, Armstrong swam alongside 1984 Olympic gold medallist Jon Sieben; he viewed Sieben as a role model, and emulating Sieben's Olympic success became Armstrong's goal. He attended the selective Brisbane State High School in Brisbane, where he was captain of the school's swim t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
