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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1972)}}
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{{for-multi|the New Zealand rugby union player|Greg Burgess (rugby union)|the Australian footballer|Greg Burgess (footballer)}}
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| fullname       = Gregory Stewart Burgess 
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[medley swimming|individual medley]] 
| club           = Bolles Sharks 
| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
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| weight         = {{convert|161|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]] | 200 m medley}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]] | 400 m medley}} 
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'''Gregory Stewart Burgess''' (born January 11, 1972) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and Olympic medalist.

Burgess was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/greg-burgess-1.html  Greg Burgess] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712041146/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/greg-burgess-1.html |date=2011-07-12 }}.  Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref>  He attended the [[Bolles School]] in Jacksonville, Florida, where he swam for the Bolles high school swim team.<ref name=bolles>The Bolles School, Athletics, [http://www.bolles.org/page.cfm?p=915  Bolles Olympic Medalists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326105612/http://www.bolles.org/page.cfm?p=915 |date=2016-03-26 }}.  Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref>  He graduated from Bolles in 1990.<ref name=bolles/>

Burgess accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletics Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994.  While in college, he set four American records: two in the 200-meter individual medley and two in the 400-meter individual medley, and was a four-time NCAA champion in the same two events in 1993 and 1994.  Burgess received twelve [[All-American]] honors as a Gator swimmer.  He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1994.

He represented the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.  He won a silver medal for his second-place performance in the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|men's 200-meter individual medley]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, finishing with a time of 2:00.97.  Four years later at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia, he finished sixth in the event final of the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|men's 200-meter individual medley]] with a time of 2:02.56.<ref name=sroprofile/>

Burgess joined the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] in 1997, and has been promoted to the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]].<ref name=gatorzone8022010>"[http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=18445  Former Gator Greg Burgess Inducted into United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame]," GatorZone.com (August 2, 2010).  Retrieved May 25, 2011.</ref>  In 2010, Burgess was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name=gatorzone8022010/>  Burgess has served two tours of duty in Iraq,<ref name=gatorzone8022010/> and as the Chief of Mission for the U.S. military team at the international military games (CISM) for swimming in 2009 (Canada) and 2010 (Germany).  He is one of a select few American Olympians to volunteer for military service.

== See also ==

{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of United States records in swimming]]
* [[List of University of Florida alumni]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]

== References ==

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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/greg-burgess-1.html |title=Greg Burgess |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712041146/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/greg-burgess-1.html |archive-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=dead}}

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[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
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[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]