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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Chad Carvin
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| fullname       = Chad Robb Carvin
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| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]] 
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| collegeteam    = [[Arizona Wildcats|University of Arizona]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Laguna Hills, California]]
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| height         = 6 ft 2 in
| weight         = 185 lb
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|SC Worlds]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 FINA Short Course World Championships|2004 Indianapolis]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 FINA Short Course World Championships|1997 Gothenburg]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 FINA Short Course World Championships|2004 Indianapolis]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships|2002 Moscow]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships|2002 Moscow]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2002 Yokohama]] | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
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'''Chad Robb Carvin''' (born April 13, 1974) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and Sydney 2000 Olympic Silver medalist in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.  He was part of a team that set a world record in the 4x200 relay on March 17, 2000 in Athens, Greece.<ref name=Olympedia/>

==Career==
===University of Arizona===
Carvin attended the [[University of Arizona]], and swam for the [[Arizona Wildcats]] swimming and diving team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition. He was the 1994 NCAA Champion in the 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle in a span of only three days, setting American, US Open, and NCAA records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2014-15/D1men14.pdf|title=NCAA Swimming History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013/10/15/209284196.aspx|title=Chad Carvin HOF|website=University of Arizona Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref><ref name=AHOF/>

Coming back from a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in December 1995, Carvin won two national titles, the 400-meter IM in 4:21.77 and the 200-meter freestyle in 1:50.42 at the Phillips66 National Swimming Championships in Buffalo, New York on February 14, 1997.<ref name=Phillips>Robb, Sharon, "Calvin Wins Two More Titles in Comeback", ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 15 February 1997, pg. 85.</ref>

===4x200 relay world record===
On March 17, 2000, he was part of a 4x200 Meter Relay team that set a World Record of 7:01.33 in Athens, Greece.  The record held until August 7, 2001.<ref name=Olympedia/>

===2000 Summer Olympics===
At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, Australia, he earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of  the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]].  He also competed in the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|men's 400-meter freestyle]], and finished sixth in the event final with a time of 3:47.58.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230129/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/chad-carvin-1.html Carvin's entry] from www.sports-reference.com.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html |title=ESPN Sydney Swimming |access-date=2009-03-13 }}</ref>

===International competition===
Carvin excelled in international competition. He won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in the 4x200 free relay. Competing from 1997-2004 at the short-course World Championships, he captured nine medals, including three golds in 2000 in the 400 free in 2000 and 4x200.  In 2004 World Championships, he took a gold in the 4x200 free relay. He was an 11-time medalist at the Pan Pacific Championships, including one gold in 1997 in the 4x200 free relay. He took two more medals at the 1993 Pan Pacs, three in 1995, four in 1997, and one in 1999 and 2002.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/93849|title=Olympedia Bio, Chad Carvin |access-date=2009-03-13 }}</ref>

==Honors==
In 1997, he was selected U.S. Swimmer of the Year. In 2013, he was inducted into the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.  At the time of his induction, Chad was still the holder of two University of Arizona swim records.  One in the 500 yard freestyle and the other in the 400 yard individual medley.<ref name=AHOF>{{cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013/10/15/209284196.aspx|title=University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, Chad Carvin |access-date=2023-01-13 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Arizona people]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer USA Swimming 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 400m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
{{Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Year navbox}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
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[[Category:American male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Laguna Hills, California]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]