Tom Dolan (swimmer)
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| Full name | Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 15, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation's Capital Swim Club Club Wolverine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rick Curl (Nation's Capital SC) Jon Urbanchek (Michigan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan (born September 15, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Dolan was born September 15, 1975 in Arlington, Virginia and attended Yorktown High School, where he was a swimming team standout. Dolan needed to overcome childhood asthma, which impacted his swimming by 12, sometimes causing him to lose consciousness during his college workouts. In High School, he swam for Head Coach Rick Curl of the Curl-Burke Swim Club, later known as the Nation's Capital Swim Club.[1]
He attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he swam for coach Jon Urbanchek's Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1994 to 1997.[2] During his college swimming career, he won individual NCAA national championships in the 500-yard freestyle (1995, 1996), 1,650-yard freestyle (1995, 1996), and 400-yard individual medley (1995, 1996), and was a member of three of Michigan's winning teams in the 800-yard freestyle relay (1994, 1995, 1996).[2][3]
Olympics 1996-2000
Dolan represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics.[4] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he won a gold medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley, finishing with a time 4:14.90.[4][5] He also competed in the men's 200-meter individual medley, placing seventh in the event final with a time 2:03.89.[4][6]
Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Dolan again won a gold medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley, and setting a new world record of 4:11.76 in the final.[4][7] He also received the silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley (1:59.77).[4][8]
Honors
Dolan was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 2006,[9] and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.[9]
He has operated the Tom Dolan Swim School in Northern Virginia, teaching infants to adults fundamentals that are essential for water safety, recreational swimming, and competitive swimming.[10]
