- Chris Cavanaugh (swimmer)
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Chris Cavanaugh Personal information Full name Christopher Carl Cavanaugh Nickname(s) "Chris" Nationality 
United StatesBorn July 1, 1962
Hialeah, FL, UAHeight 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle College team USC Trojans Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1983 Caracas 4×100 m freestyle Christopher Carl "Chris" Cavanaugh (born July 1, 1962 in Hialeah, Florida) is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He was a part of the USA gold medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[1] and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1980 when the USA boycotted attending the Moscow Games.[2]
Cavanaugh was an All-American swimmer at the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 1985.[3][4]
He now coaches Masters, USS, and club swimmers at all levels while residing in Santa Monica, California.
References
- ^ "1984 Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)
- ^ Cavanaugh's bio from Swim Across America. retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ USC Mens Swimming & Diving All-Americans, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.
- ^ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904-2008, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.
Records Preceded by
Klaus SteinbachMen's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
February 2, 1980 – April 10, 1980Succeeded by
Rowdy Gaines1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Steve Barnicoat • Bill Barrett • Craig Beardsley • Mike Bottom • Mike Bruner • Rick Carey • Chris Cavanaugh • Jeff Float • Billy Forrester • Rowdy Gaines • Brian Goodell • Matt Gribble • John Hencken • Bob Jackson • Kris Kirchner • David Larson • Steve Lundquist • Glenn Mills • John Moffet • Ron Neugent • William Paulus • Peter Rocca • Brian Roney • John Simons • Dave Sims • Dave Thornton • Jesse Vassallo
Women's Team Terri Baxter • Lisa Buese • Linda Burton • Kim Carlisle • Tracy Caulkins • Stephanie Elkins • Nancy Hogshead • Linda Jezek • Libby Kinkead • Karin LaBerge • Kim Linehan • Marybeth Linzmeier • Mary T. Meagher • Joan Pennington • Susan Rapp • Jill Sterkel • Susie Thayer • Sue Walsh • Sippy Woodhead
Coaches Paul Bergen • Don Gambril • George Haines • Denny Pursley • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert
1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Matt Biondi • Rick Carey • Chris Cavanaugh • George DiCarlo • Jeff Float • Geoffrey Gaberino • Rowdy Gaines • Matt Gribble • Bruce Hayes • Mike Heath • Tom Jager • Patrick Kennedy • Jeff Kostoff • David Larson • Robin Leamy • Steve Lundquist • John Moffet • Pablo Morales • John Mykkanen • Mike O'Brien • Rich Saeger • Rich Schroeder • Jesse Vassallo • Dave Wilson
Women's Team Theresa Andrews • Tracy Caulkins • Tiffany Cohen • Sue Heon • Nancy Hogshead • Jenna Johnson • Kim Linehan • Mary T. Meagher • Betsy Mitchell • Susan Rapp • Kim Rhodenbaugh • Michele Richardson • Carrie Steinseifer • Jill Sterkel • Dara Torres • Tori Trees • Mary Wayte • Amy White • Sippy Woodhead
Coaches Ron Ballatore • Ray Bussard • Don Gambril • George Haines • Charlie Hodgson • Doug Ingram • Frank Keefe • Skip Kenney • Richard Quick • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) • 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) • 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) • 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) • 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) • 2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1973: United States (Nash, Bottom, Montgomery, Murphy) • 1975: United States (Furniss, Montgomery, Coan, Murphy) • 1978: United States (Babashoff, Gaines, Montgomery, McCagg) • 1982: United States (Cavanaugh, Leamy, McCagg, Gaines) • 1986: United States (Jager, Heath, Wallace, Biondi) • 1991: United States (Jager, Lang, Gjertsen, Biondi) • 1994: United States (Olsen, Davis, Taner, Hall, Jr.) • 1998: United States (Tucker, Olsen, Walker, Hall, Jr.) • 2001: Australia (Klim, Callus, Pearson, Thorpe) • 2003: Russia (Kapralov, Usov, Pimankov, Popov) • 2005: United States (Phelps, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) • 2007: United States (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak) • 2009: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Grevers, Adrian) • 2011: Australia (Magnussen, Targett, Abood, Sullivan)
Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1967: United States (Walsh, Fitzmaurice, Spitz, Schollander) • 1971: United States (Edgar, Genter, Heidenreich, Heckl) • 1975: United States (Babashoff, Ruby, Grattan, Abbott) • 1979: United States (Gaines, Babashoff, Newton, McCagg) • 1983: United States (Leamy, Gribble, Cavanaugh, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Born, McCadam, Robinson, Dudley) • 1991: Brazil (Ferreira, Nascimento, Rebolal, Borges) • 1995: United States (Hall, Jager, Davis, Olsen) • 1999: Brazil (Scherer, Quintaes, Cordeiro, Borges) • 2003: Brazil (Jayme, Borges, Scherer, Souza) • 2007: Brazil (Silva, Deboni, Oliveira, Cielo) • 2011: Brazil (Cielo, Fratus, Santos, Oliveira)
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
- American swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Former world record holders in swimming
- USC Trojans swimmers
- American swimming coaches
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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