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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1968)}}
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| fullname       = Troy Lane Dalbey 
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
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| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]<br>[[Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State University]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|19|mf=y}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry |{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1991 Edmonton]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
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'''Troy Lane Dalbey''' (born September 19, 1968) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Dalbey attended the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach [[Randy Reese]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1986 to 1987.<ref name=ufmediaguide>''Gator Men's Swimming & Diving 2008–2009 Media Guide'', [http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2008/pdf/85_history.pdf  Gator History & Records], University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 88, 89, 90, 93, 105, 111–114 (2008).  Retrieved November 13, 2012.</ref>  In 1987, he was named an [[All-American]] in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, the 400-yard medley relay, and the 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays, and was a member of the Gators' 800-yard freestyle relay team that won the NCAA title that year.<ref name=ufmediaguide/>

Dalbey won two gold medals at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in Seoul, South Korea.<ref name=dboprofile>databaseOlympics.com, Athletes, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DALBETRO01  Troy Dalbey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219173116/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DALBETRO01 |date=2007-02-19 }}.  Retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref>   He won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×100 meter freestyle relay]], together with teammates [[Chris Jacobs (swimmer)|Chris Jacobs]], [[Tom Jager]] and [[Matt Biondi]].  He won a second gold medal with fellow Americans [[Matt Cetlinski]], [[Doug Gjertsen]] and Matt Biondi in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay]].  Dalbey and his American relay teammates set new world records in the event finals of both the 4×100-meter (3:16.53) and the 4×200-meter (7:12.51) events.<ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/troy-dalbey-1.html  Troy Dalbey].  Retrieved April 17, 2010.</ref>  While celebrating his victories with Doug Gjertsen in a Korean bar, they removed a marble lion's head wall decoration and were arrested by the Korean police.  Dalbey and Gjertsen resigned from the U.S. Olympic team, apologized to their Korean hosts in writing, and no formal charges were filed by the Korean prosecutor;<ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/30/sports/the-seoul-olympics-notebook-no-charges-in-theft-of-statue.html?scp=7&sq=%22Troy%20Dalbey%22&st=cse  The Seoul Olympics: Notebook; No Charges in Theft of Statue]," ''The New York Times'' (September 30, 1988).  Retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref> Dalbey subsequently received an 18-month suspension from competitive swimming.

Dalbey transferred to [[Arizona State University]] in Tempe, Arizona after the 1988 Olympics, and finished his college swimming career swimming for the [[Arizona State Sun Devils]] swimming and diving team.  He received four more All-American honors as a Sun Devil swimmer in 1991.

After Dalbey retired from competition swimming, he spent several years as a swim coach, helping train other elite level swimmers, including 2 who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

He now has 3 children, Jade, Tess and Tristan Dalbey. He is currently an executive in the renewable energy industry, residing in Scottsdale, AZ.

== See also ==
* [[List of Arizona State University alumni]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{SR/Olympics profile|da/troy-dalbey-1}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Arizona State Sun Devils men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Florida Gators men's swimmers]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers from San Jose, California]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]