Tom Dolan

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Tom Dolan

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan
Nationality	United States
Born	(1975-09-15) September 15, 1975 Arlington, Virginia
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Individual Medley
College team	University of Michigan
Medal record Men’s swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 400 m medley 2000 Sydney 400 m medley 2000 Sydney 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 400 m medley 1998 Perth 400 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 200 m medley 1995 Atlanta 400 m medley 1995 Kobe 400 m medley

Tom Dolan (born September 15, 1975 in Arlington, Virginia) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He swam for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, under the guidance of coach Jon Urbanchek, just like two of his main rivals Eric Namesnik and Marcel Wouda.

Dolan grew up swimming for Rick Curl and the Curl-Burke Swim Club, along with Washington Golf & Country Club during the summer. Dolan held the world record in the 400 m individual medley longer than any other swimmer in history (eight years), including Tamás Darnyi, Alex Baumann, Jesse Vassallo, Charles Hickcox, Dick Roth and Ted Stickles. He is the third swimmer to win successive 400 m I.M. Olympic gold medals (1996 and 2000), along with Hungary's Darnyi and Michael Phelps.

At 6'7" tall and 3% body fat, shoe-size 14, Dolan was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma and a narrowed windpipe, which would side-line the normal person. He only trained harder and exhaustion, dizziness and occasional blackouts never stopped him from swimming. Coached by Rick Curl and later Urbancheck, Dolan also set two world records, won two gold medals in World Championship swimming, won nine NCAA National Championships and fourteen U.S. National Championships. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) in 2006. Tom is currently working with Carlile Swimming in Australia to help bring their swim school model to the US.

External links

• Tom Dolan's U.S. Olympic Team bio