Tom Wilkens

Thomas Peter Wilkens (born November 25, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.

Tom Wilkens

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Peter Wilkens
Nickname(s)	"Tom"
National team	United States
Born	November 25, 1975 Middletown Township, New Jersey
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, individual medley
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 200 m medley 2001 Fukuoka 400 m medley World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 400 m medley 2002 Moscow 200 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1999 Sydney 200 m medley 1999 Sydney 200 m breaststroke 1997 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 1999 Sydney 400 m medley 2002 Yokohama 200 m medley Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 200 m medley

Wilkens represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He received a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:00.87. He also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, but did not advance.[1] The breaststroker was one of the featured swimmers in P.H. Mullen's book Gold in the Water.

Wilkens grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, while swimming at the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club. He attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, and graduated from Stanford University.[2] He was elected as a Republican to serve as a Township Committeeman in Middletown Township.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)

References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Tom Wilkens. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
2. Frank Litsky, "Swimming: National Spring Championship; Wilkens Didn't Expect This Much Success," The New York Times (March 31, 1999). Retrieved June 13, 2011. "When Tom Wilkens was growing up in Middletown, N.J., and swimming for Christian Brothers Academy in nearby Lincroft, he never thought he would be ranked No. 1 in the world in a race that was not even his specialty."

External links

• Tom Wilkens at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)