Brent Lang
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| Full name | Brent Dennis Lang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brent Dennis Lang(born January 25, 1968) is an American former competitionswimmerand Olympic gold medalist. At the1988 Summer Olympicsin Seoul, South Korea. Lang earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[1]
Lang was a member of theMichigan Wolverines swimming and divingteam while attending theUniversity of Michigan.[2]InNational Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) competition, he won four NCAA national championships as a Michigan swimmer—twice in the 50-yard freestyle (1989, 1990) and twice in the 100-yard freestyle (1988, 1990).[2][3]
In December 2014, Lang was announced as one of the six recipients of the 2015Silver Anniversary Awards,presented annually by the NCAA to outstanding former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers. The award is based on both athletic and professional success.[4]
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Michigan alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
References
[edit]- ^Sports-Reference, Olympic Sports, Athletes,Brent LangArchived2012-11-14 at theWayback Machine.Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^abMGoBlue, Men's Swimming & Diving,Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA ChampionsArchived2017-06-30 at theWayback Machine.Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^HickokSports, Sports History,NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving ChampionsArchived2002-02-23 at theLibrary of CongressWeb Archives. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^"NCAA honors six former athletes with Silver Anniversary Awards"(Press release). NCAA. December 4, 2014.RetrievedDecember 20,2014.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Brent Lang".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-14.
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