Jonathan Thomas Cleveland (born December 19, 1970) is a 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

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

specialist who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three

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, starting in 1988. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with

Mark Tewksbury Mark Roger Tewksbury, (born February 7, 1968) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also hosted the first season of ''How It's Made'', ...

Marcel Gery Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions. At the 1985 Summer Universiade, G ...

and Stephen Clarke. His best individual performance was seventh place, 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, in the 200-metre breaststroke.Jon Cleveland at Sports Reference
at Sports Reference Cleveland won gold medals in the men's 200-metre breaststroke and 4x100-metre medley relay at the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Partic ...

. He became the head swim coach at Newman Smith High School, and later at Ranchview High School, located in Texas. Cleveland is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher

Reggie Cleveland Reginald Leslie Cleveland (born May 23, 1948) is a Canadian former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Cleveland appeared in 428 games in Major League Baseball over 13 seasons (1969–81) for four teams. Born in Swift Current, S ...

. Cleveland now resides in Texas with his wife and three children.

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1970 births Sportspeople from Fresno, California Olympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Canadian male breaststroke swimmers Living people Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub

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