Tyler Tennant McGill (born August 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer who is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
specialist and has been a member of two world champion relay teams from the United States. He was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic Team and earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
McGill attended Champaign Central High School in Champaign, Illinois.
McGill attended
Auburn University, and competed for the
Auburn Tigers swimming and diving
The Auburn Tigers swimming and diving program is Auburn University's representative in the sport of swimming and diving. The Tigers compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 and are members of the Southeastern Conf ...
team under head coach
Brett Hawke
Brett Geoffrey Hawke (born 2 June 1975) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team of Auburn University ...
from 2007 to 2010. During his four years of college swimming, he won NCAA championships in the 400-yard freestyle and the 4×100-yard medley relay, and an SEC championship in the 800-yard freestyle.
At the 2009 U.S. Nationals and World Championship Trials, McGill placed second to
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...
in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 51.06, earning a place to compete at the
2009 World Aquatics Championships
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in Rome. At the World Championships, McGill placed seventh in the
100-meter butterfly with a time of 51.42. He also competed in the
50-meter butterfly and placed 36th in 23.93. McGill swam in the preliminaries of the
4×100-meter medley relay for the U.S. team, which advanced to the final and won the gold medal.
At the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synch ...
in Shanghai, China, McGill won a bronze medal in the
100-meter butterfly, finishing behind
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...
and
Konrad Czerniak
Konrad Czerniak (born 11 July 1989) is a Polish competitive swimmer who has participated in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships. He won ten medals at these championships, mostly in the butterfly.
At the 2012 Summ ...
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On the last day of competition, McGill won a gold medal in the
4×100-meter medley relay for his contributions in the heats.
At the
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying meet for the U.S. Olympic team, McGill placed second in the 100-meter butterfly event with a time of 51.32 seconds, just behind
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...
and just ahead of
Ryan Lochte. At the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, McGill placed sixth the
100-meter butterfly, and earned a gold medal by swimming in the preliminaries for the winning U.S. team in the
4×100-meter medley relay.
See also
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Auburn Tigers
The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ...
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List of Auburn University people
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Each of the following alumni, faculty, and former students of Auburn University is presumed to be notable, receiving significant ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events 50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre ...
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List of United States records in swimming
There are two different kinds of swimming records in the United States and certified by USA Swimming:
*USA record, more commonly referred to in the US as the American record: the fastest time by an American swimmer.
*US Open record: The fastest ti ...
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References
External links
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– Auburn University athlete profile at AuburnTigers.com
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1987 births
Living people
American male butterfly swimmers
Auburn Tigers men's swimmers
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Champaign, Illinois
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
20th-century American people
21st-century American people