Tom Malchow

Tom Malchow

Personal information
Full name	Thomas James Malchow
Nationality	United States
Born	January 30, 1977 (1977-01-30) St. Paul, Minnesota
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	86 kilograms (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly
College team	University of Michigan
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 200 m butterfly Silver 1996 Atlanta 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) Silver 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly Bronze 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly Bronze 2003 Barcelona 200 m butterfly Pan American Games Silver 1995 Mar del Plata 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1997 Fukuoka 4x200 m freestyle Gold 1999 Sydney 200 m butterfly Gold 2002 Yokohama 200 m butterfly Silver 1997 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly Silver 1999 Sydney 4x200 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 1995 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly

Thomas ("Tom") James Malchow (born January 30, 1977 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He broke Denis Pankratov's world record in the 200 m butterfly in 2000.

Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He attended high school in Minnesota at St. Thomas Academy, graduated from the University of Michigan and was a member of the United States Swimming (USS) Team 'Star'.

References

• Tom Malchow's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Denis Pankratov	Men's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) June 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001	Succeeded by Michael Phelps