Mark John Dean (born October 13, 1967) 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

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gold medalist. Dean represented the United States 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, where he competed in the B Final of the men's 200-meter butterfly event, and finished with the ninth-best time overall (2:00.26).Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Mark Dean
Retrieved November 13, 2012. He later won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly event at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

Havana, Cuba Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

.HickokSports.com, Sports History
Pan American Games: Men's Swimming Medalists
. Retrieved November 13, 2012. Dean began swimming at the age of 6 and emerged on the international stage under the tutelage of Kansas City Blazers head coach, Pete Malone. He graduated from the

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(UCLA), after competing for coach Ron Ballatore's

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swimming and diving team and earning recognition as an All-American athlete. He attended Saint Louis University School of Law, and is now a practicing attorney in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

. He lives in Chesterfield, Missouri with his wife Mary, with whom he had a son and daughter.

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* 1967 births Living people American male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Sportspeople from Rockford, Illinois Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming

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