Jeremy Linn
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men's Swimming | |||
| Silver | Atlanta 1996 | 100m Breaststroke | |
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
Jeremy Linn (born January 6, 1976 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), set an American record in the one hundred meter breaststroke category while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 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. Linn won eleven SEC swimming titles-six individual and five relay. He also helped the Tennessee Volunteers win an SEC team championship in 1996. At the National level, he won four individual NCAA titles. He still holds the NCAA, US Open, and American Record in the 100 yard breaststroke of 51.86 seconds, set on February 21st, 1997.
Linn is now a swimming coach for QDD, for a year-round competitive swim team in Northern Virginia.
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