- Jeremy Linn
Jeremy Porter Linn (born
January 6 ,1975 inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania ), set an American record in the one hundred meterbreaststroke category while winning thesilver medal in that event at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia .In Atlanta,
Mark Henderson ,Gary Hall Jr. ,Jeff Rouse , and Jeremy Linn set the world record in the four hundred meter medley relay. Linn is known for his unusual warm-up routine.Linn attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 1995-1998 where he was a fourteen-time
NCAA All-American in swimming.Fact|date=February 2008 Linn won eleven SEC swimming titles-six individual and five relay. He also helped theTennessee Volunteers win an SEC team championship in 1996. At the National level, he won four individual NCAA titles. Linn Held the NCAA and US Open record in the 100 yard breaststroke until 2007, that record was broken byMike Alexandrov ofNorthwestern University .Linn was the Senior Coach at the QDD Swim Team in Manassas, Virginia from September 2004 until August 2007. Jeremy coached 3 swimmers to National Championship qualifying times and he also coached 3 of the 4 QDD women in the 200 Free Relay to the VSI State Senior Championships for short course in 2007, breaking the meet record and nearly breaking the five year old state record [http://virginiaswimming.org/Meets/Senior%20Champs%20Meets/Archive/2006-2007/SC/2007%20VSI%20SC%20Senior%20Champs%20Meet%20Results.htm] . Linn coached 11 QDD athletes whom achieved USA Swimming's Scholastic All American status for the 2006-2007 school year, Linn coached for Tar Heel Aquatic Team, in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina from August 2007 to December 2007. He now coaches for the Curl-Burke Swim Team [ [http://patriotswimclub.splashcentral.com/Default.aspx?tabid=8836 Patriot Swim Club > About Us > Our Coaches ] ] in Northern Virginia.
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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/jeremy-linn-1.html sports-reference]
* [http://www.qddswim.org/ QDD]
* [http://patriotswimclub.splashcentral.com/Default.aspx?tabid=8487/ Patriot Swim Club]
* [http://virginiaswimming.org/ VA Swimming]
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