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| Birth name | Chris Swan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-09-24) September 24, 1967 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Harvard | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Swan (born September 24, 1967) is an American former rower.
Biography
Swan hails from Simsbury, Connecticut and is a graduate of Harvard University. He was an alternate for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, not getting a chance to row. At the 1994 World Rowing Championships he was a member of the American team which finished second behind Romania in the coxed four final. He won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar Del Plata, a gold in the coxed four and silver in the coxed pair.
References
- "Chris Swan". worldrowing.com. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- Hine, Tommy (March 29, 1995). "Swan: No Alternate Plan". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- Olderr, Steven (April 29, 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
| Pan American Games Rowing Champions in Men's Coxed Four | |
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- American male rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
- Harvard University alumni
- People from Old Saybrook, Connecticut
- Sportspeople from Connecticut
- Rowers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- Harvard Crimson rowers
- 20th-century American sportsmen