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Mark Daniel Gangloff (born June 8, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder.

Mark Gangloff

Gangloff in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Mark Daniel Gangloff
National team	United States
Born	(1982-06-08) June 8, 1982 (age 40) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
College team	Auburn University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 50 m breaststroke 2009 Rome 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 50 m breaststroke 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley 2010 Irvine 50 m breaststroke 2010 Irvine 100 m breaststroke Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 100 m breaststroke 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m medley 2007 Rio 4×100 m medley 2007 Rio 100 m breaststroke 1999 Winnipeg 200 m breaststroke

Gangloff represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay. In individual competition, he placed fourth in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Four years later at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he again participated in his signature event, the 100-meter breaststroke, and placed eighth in the event final.[1]

Gangloff broke the American record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 59.01 at the U.S. Swimming National Championships in 2009.[2]

He attended Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Auburn University, where he swam for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team in NCAA competition from 2001 to 2005. He graduated from Auburn in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in criminology. Gangloff appeared in the 2006 movie The Guardian.

See also

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

References

• "Montreal 2005 Results". fina.org. FINA. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
• "Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results". rio2007.org.br. 2007 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
• "Swimming Results". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
• "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
• "7th FINA World Championships – 25m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-24.

External links

• Mark Gangloff at FINA
• Mark Gangloff at USA Swimming (archive)
• Mark Gangloff at TeamUSA.org
• Mark Gangloff at Olympics.com
• Mark Gangloff at Olympic.org (archived)
• Mark Gangloff at IMDb 
• Mark Gangloff fact sheet Archived January 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at Arluck Promotions
• 2007 Q&A with Mark Gangloff^{[permanent dead link]}
• Video interview at Flocasts at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-11)

На других языках

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- [en] Mark Gangloff

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[fr] Mark Gangloff

Mark Gangloff (né le 8 juin 1982 à Buffalo dans l'État de New York) est un nageur américain en activité spécialiste des épreuves de brasse (50 et 100 m). Double champion olympique en relais, il se distingue en 2009 en devenant le second performeur de l'histoire sur 100 m brasse en 59,01 secondes.

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[it] Mark Gangloff

Mark Daniel Gangloff (Buffalo, 8 giugno 1982) è un ex nuotatore statunitense.

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