Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
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Full name | Christine M. Ahmann-Leighton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-05-20) May 20, 1970 (age 54) Yankton, South Dakota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 lb (52 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine M. Ahmann-Leighton (married Perham) (born May 20, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Ahmann-Leighton attended the University of Arizona from 1988 to 1992,[1] where she swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. She won NCAA national championships in the 100-yard butterfly in 1991 and 1992.[2]
She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she received three medals. She won a gold medal by swimming the butterfly leg for the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Together with relay teammates Lea Loveless (backstroke), Anita Nall (breaststroke), and Jenny Thompson (freestyle), she set a new world record of 4:02.54 in the event final. Ahmann-Leighton received another gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 100-meter butterfly, recording a time of 58.74 seconds in the event final.[3]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Arizona people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Crissy Ahmann-Perham Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine," ArizonaWildcats.com (October 16, 2008). Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Champions Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ databaseOlympics.com, 1992 Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Swimming. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links
- Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at World Aquatics
- Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at SwimRankings.net
- Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at Olympics.com
- Crissy Ahmann-Leighton at Olympedia
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