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Mark Warkentin Personal information Full name Mark Warkentin Nationality 
United StatesBorn November 14, 1979
Santa Barbara, CaliforniaHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 185 pounds (84 kg) Sport Sport Swimming Club Santa Barbara Aquatics Club College team University of Southern California Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOpen Water Championships Silver 2008 Seville 25 km open water Summer Universiade Gold 1999 Palma 200 m freestyle Gold 1999 Palma 400 m freestyle Gold 1999 Palma 800 m freestyle Gold 1999 Palma 4x200 m freestyle Silver 2001 Beijing 4x200 m freestyle Mark Warkentin (born November 14, 1979) is an American open water swimmer. After graduating from San Marcos High School in 1998, Warkentin attended the University of Southern California, from which he graduated in 2003 with a degree in communication. While a Trojan, he was a four-time All-American. He was also awarded USC's Willis Award as a freshman.
Warkentin qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing following his performance at the 2008 Open Water World Championships. In the lead-up to the Games he was noted by Time as one of its "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch."[1] He is a two-time national champion in the open water 25-kilometer, the longest sanctioned race in the sport.[2] The open water event at the Olympics was a 10-kilometer race, which typically lasts around two hours.[3] Warkentin finished in eighth place with a time of 1:52:13.0,[4] just twenty-one seconds behind winner Maarten van der Weijden.[5]
Notes
- ^ Goodgame, Clayton (2008-07-24), 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch - 45. Mark Warkentin, Time, http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825765,00.html, retrieved 2008-08-09
- ^ Zant, John (2007-07-12), Mark Warkentin’s Open-Ocean Quest for the Beijing Olympics, Santa Barbara Independent, http://www.independent.com/news/2007/jul/12/mark-warkentins-open-ocean-quest-beijing-olympics/, retrieved 2008-08-09
- ^ Niyo, John (2008-08-07), Unique sports, The Detroit News, http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/SPORTS09/808070471, retrieved 2008-08-09
- ^ Olympics, Open Water: Maarten van der Weijden Survives Leukemia to Claim Men's 10K Gold, Swimming World Magazine, 2008-08-20, http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18886.asp, retrieved 2008-08-22
- ^ Van der Weijden wins swimming marathon, United Press International, 2008-08-20, http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2008/08/20/Van_der_Weijden_wins_swimming_marathon/UPI-14541219289098/, retrieved 2008-08-22
References
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1979: Bill O'Brien (USA) • 1981: Andy Schmidt (USA) • 1983: Bruce Hayes (USA) • 1985: Matt Biondi (USA) • 1987: Frank Drost (NED) • 1991: Stéphan Caron (FRA) • 1993: Yann de Fabrique (FRA) • 1995: Yann de Fabrique (FRA) • 1997: Béla Szabados (HUN) • 1999: Mark Warkentin (USA) • 2001: Clay Kirkland (USA) • 2003: Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) • 2005: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2007: Adam Ritter (USA) • 2009: Sho Uchida (JPN) 2011: Matt McLean (USA)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle 1959: Igor Lushkovskiy (URS) • 1961: Tatsuo Fujimoto (JPN) • 1963: Haruo Yoshimuto (JPN) • 1965: Semyon Belitz-Geyman (URS) • 1967: Greg Charlton (USA) • 1970: Andy Strenk (USA) • 1973: Jack Tingley (USA) • 1977: Richard Hannula (USA) • 1979: Sergey Rusin (URS) • 1981: Daniel Machek (TCH) • 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS) • 1985: Justin Lemberg (AUS) • 1987: Andrey Patrakov (URS) • 1991: Artur Wojdat (POL) • 1993: Turlough O'Hare (CAN) • 1995: Josh Davis (USA) • 1997: Luiz Lima (BRA) • 1999: Mark Warkentin (USA) • 2001: Igor Snitko (UKR) • 2003 – 2005: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2007: Dragoş Coman (ROM) • 2009: Przemysław Stańczyk (POL) • 2011: David McKeon (USA)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 800 m Freestyle 1993: Turlough O'Hare (CAN) • 1995: Christian Pieper (GER) • 1997: Igor Snitko (UKR) • 1999: Mark Warkentin (USA) • 2001: Igor Snitko (UKR) • 2003: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2005: Przemysław Stańczyk (POL) • 2007: Chad LaTourette (USA) 2009: Chad LaTourette (USA) 2011: Michael Klueh (USA)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1959: Italy: Unknown • 1961: Not Held • 1963: Not Held • 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman) • 1967: USA: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie) • 1970: USA: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl) • 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1977: USA: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula) • 1979: USA: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp) • 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1985: USA: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi) • 1987: USA: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen) • 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown • 1993: USA: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube) • 1995: USA: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher) • 1997: USA: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver) • 1999: USA: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin) • 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo) • 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshev, Prilukov) • 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio) • 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh) • 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe) 2011: USA: (Klueh, Hill, Bartlett, McLean) •
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