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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Tripp Schwenk
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| fullname       = William Douglas Schwenk III
| nicknames      = "Tripp"
| national_team  = {{USA}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Sarasota, Florida]], U.S.
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| height         = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|174|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]]
| club           = Sarasota YMCA
| coach          = [[John Trembley]]<br>University of Tennessee
| collegeteam    = [[Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving|University of Tennessee]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|1993 Palma]] | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalGold | 1993 Palma | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalGold | 1993 Palma | [[1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 200 m backstroke}} {{MedalSilver | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 200 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | 100 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | {{nowrap|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]}} | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]] | [[Swimming at the 1991 Summer Universiade|200 m backstroke]]}} 
{{MedalGold | 1991 Sheffield | 4×100 m medley}} 
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]] | [[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|4×100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | 1991 Sheffield | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver | 1993 Buffalo | 100 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Buffalo | 200 m backstroke}} 
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'''William Douglas''' "'''Tripp'''" '''Schwenk III''' (born June 17, 1971) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Schwenk swam for the University of Tennessee where he was coached by Head Coach [[John Trembley]].<ref name=file>Gribble, Andrew, "Trembley", ''The Knoxville News Sentinel'', Knoxville, Tennessee, 15 January 2012, p. 30</ref> While swimming for Tennessee, he captured the NCAA 200 backstroke title in 1992 and won Southeastern Conference titles three times.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51558|title=Trip Schwenk, Biography |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

Schwenk represented the United States at two consecutive Olympic Games.  At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, he competed in the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke|men's 200-meter backstroke]] and finished fifth in the event final in a time of 1:59.73.<ref name=sroprofile>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia, he received a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|men's 4×100-meter medley]].  Individually, Schwenk also received the silver medal for recording a 1:58.99 second-place finish in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke|men's 200-meter backstroke]].  He also competed in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke|men's 100-meter backstroke]], finishing in fifth place in the final with a time of 55.30 seconds.<ref name=sroprofile/>

In international competition, Schwenk was a competitor at both the 1991 and 1993 Universiade, where he took three gold medals and five medals in all. He won a gold medal in the 200 backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships in 1995.<ref name=Olympedia/>

Schwenk later served as a K-9 Unit police officer in Sarasota, Florida, where he lived with his wife, one son and a daughter.<ref name=Olympedia/>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Tennessee people]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Olympics.com profile|tripp-schwenk}}
* {{Olympedia|51558|Tripp Schwenk}}
* {{databaseOlympics|SCHWETRI01|archive=20160303201949}}

{{Footer USA Swimming 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Medley Relay Men}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 100m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 200m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}
{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 200m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 200m Backstroke Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 4x100m Medley Men}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:American male medley swimmers]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Tennessee Volunteers men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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