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Tripp Schwenk

Tripp Schwenk

Personal information
Full name	William Douglas Schwenk III
Nickname	"Tripp"
National team	United States
Born	(1971-06-17) June 17, 1971 (age 53) Sarasota, Florida
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Sarasota YMCA
College team	University of Tennessee
Coach	John Trembley University of Tennessee
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 1996 Atlanta 200 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 100 m backstroke 1993 Palma 200 m backstroke 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 200 m backstroke 1993 Kobe 200 m backstroke 1995 Atlanta 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke Universiade 1991 Sheffield 200 m backstroke 1991 Sheffield 4×100 m medley 1993 Buffalo 4×100 m medley 1991 Sheffield 100 m backstroke 1993 Buffalo 100 m backstroke 1993 Buffalo 200 m backstroke

William Douglas "Tripp" Schwenk III (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Schwenk swam for the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Head Coach John Trembley.^[1] While swimming for Tennessee, he captured the NCAA 200 backstroke title in 1992 and won Southeastern Conference titles three times.^[2]

Schwenk represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he competed in the men's 200-meter backstroke and finished fifth in the event final in a time of 1:59.73.^[3]

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he received a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley. Individually, Schwenk also received the silver medal for recording a 1:58.99 second-place finish in the men's 200-meter backstroke. He also competed in the men's 100-meter backstroke, finishing in fifth place in the final with a time of 55.30 seconds.^[3]

In international competition, Schwenk was a competitor at both the 1991 and 1993 Universiade, where he took three gold medals and five medals in all. He won a gold medal in the 200 backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1995.^[2]

Schwenk later served as a K-9 Unit police officer in Sarasota, Florida, where he lived with his wife, one son and a daughter.^[2]

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of University of Tennessee people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

• Tripp SchwenkatOlympics.com
• Tripp SchwenkatOlympedia
• Tripp Schwenk at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

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