Brent Dennis Lang (born January 25, 1968) is an American former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and Olympic gold medalist. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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

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team while attending the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

.MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving
Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions
. Retrieved February 18, 2013. In

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(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 The Silver Anniversary Awards are awarded every year by the American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to recognize six distinguished former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary as college graduates. The Silver Anniversary Aw ...

, presented annually by the NCAA to outstanding former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers. The award is based on both athletic and professional success.

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* 1968 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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