Christopher Dorst
American water polo player (born 1956)
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Christopher Dorst (born June 5, 1956)[2] is an American former water polo player who competed for Stanford and participated in the 1984 Olympics winning a team silver medal in water polo.[3]
Kim Peyton-McDonald, Drew McDonald, Barbara Peyton and Chris Dorst shown here with their Olympic medals. circa Fall 1984 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 5, 1956 (age 69) | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Stanford BA, MBA | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Sport & Technology Management | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Marybeth Linzmeier Dorst | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water Polo | ||||||||||||||
| Position | goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Stanford AC[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Art Lambert (Stanford) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chris Dorst was born June 5, 1956. He is a 1973 graduate of Menlo-Atherton High School, where he served as Class President, and participated as a goalkeeper with their strong Water Polo team from 1971-1974. Dorst was an All-American High School water polo goaltender from 1971-72.[4]
Stanford University
He later attended Stanford as an Undergraduate from around 1973-1977, participating in their Water Polo program, where he was an All American NCAA goalie from 1975-76, and was coached by USA Water Polo Hall of Fame Coach Art Lambert, who also served as an Olympic Coach. Lambert was assisted as Stanford Water Polo coach by Dante Dettamanti in 1977-78.[5] The Stanford team won an NCAA Water Polo Championship during Dorst's tenure and amassed a record of 55-17 between 1974-1976. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford in 1979.[6][7][3]
1984 Olympic silver medal
Chris Dorst won a silver medal in the Men's 1984 U.S. Olympic water polo event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, and the Soviet Union were favorites to take the Gold medal in 1984, but neither the USSR nor Hungary attended the 1984 Olympics, boycotting the U.S. games likely as a result of the U.S. boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Yugoslavia took the gold medal, with West Germany taking the bronze.[3]
Dorst qualified to travel with the US Olympic Team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, who were gold medal favorites, but due to the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics, the U.S. team did not participate that year. [3]
Dorst won a silver medal as part of the U.S. National team at the 1979 Summer Pan American games in San Juan, Puerto, Rico.[3]
Honors
Dorst is a member of the Stanford University Hall of Fame, and became a member of the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1989.[1]
Post athletic careers
After graduating Stanford in 1977 he received an MBA from the University in 1982, later working in the fields of sport and technology management. He has served on the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Athlete's Advisory Counsil with America's Olympic Committee. An active alumni, he has also served as a board member with the Stanford Foundation for Water Polo, and has worked as a volunteer water polo coach for a girl's high school team.[3][8]
Dorst married former Stanford distance swimmer Marybeth Linzmeier in March of 1988.[8] At the time, Dorst was working as a Vice-President for W.S. Water Polo, Inc. [9]
