Brent Dennis Lang (born January 25, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea , Lang earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay .[ 1]
Lang was a member of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving while attending the University of Michigan .[ 2] In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition, he won four NCAA national championships as a Michigan swimmer—twice in the 50-yard freestyle (1989, 1990) and twice in the 100-yard freestyle (1988, 1990).[ 2] [ 3]
In December 2014, Lang was announced as one of the six recipients of the 2015 Silver Anniversary Awards , presented annually by the NCAA to outstanding former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers. The award is based on both athletic and professional success.[ 4]
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References [ edit ]
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Brent Lang . Retrieved November 8, 2012.
^ a b MGoBlue.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time NCAA Champions . Retrieved February 18, 2013.
^ HickokSports.com, Sports History, NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Champions . Retrieved February 18, 2013.
^ "NCAA honors six former athletes with Silver Anniversary Awards" (Press release). NCAA. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014 .
External links [ edit ]
Brent Lang – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
Men's Team
Women's Team
Coaches
1973 : USA (Nash , Bottom , Montgomery , Murphy )
1975: USA (Furniss , Montgomery , Coan , Murphy )
1978: USA (Babashoff , Gaines , Montgomery , McCagg )
1982: USA (Cavanaugh , Leamy , McCagg , Gaines )
1986: USA (Jager , Heath , Wallace , Biondi )
1991: USA (Jager , Lang , Gjertsen , Biondi )
1994: USA (Olsen , Davis , Taner , Hall, Jr. )
1998: USA (Tucker , Olsen , Walker , Hall, Jr. )
2001: Australia (Klim , Callus , Pearson , Thorpe )
2003: Russia (Kapralov , Usov , Pimankov , Popov )
2005: USA (Phelps , Walker , Dusing , Lezak )
2007: USA (Phelps , Walker , Jones , Lezak )
2009: USA (Phelps , Lochte , Grevers , Adrian )
2011 : Australia (Magnussen , Targett , Abood , Sullivan )
2013 : France (Agnel , Manaudou , Gilot , Stravius )
1985: USA (McCadam , Heath , Wallace , Biondi )
1987: USA (Jacobs , Oppel , Dalbey , Biondi )
1989: USA (Lang , Olsen , Gjertsen , Jager )
1991: USA (Jordan , Jager , Olsen , Biondi )
1993: USA (Hudepohl , Pepper , Fox , Olsen )
1995: USA (Fox , Hudepohl , Olsen , Hall )
1997: USA (Tucker , Schumacher , Olsen , Walker )
1999: AUS (Klim , English , Fydler , Thorpe )
2002: AUS (Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe )
2006: USA (Phelps , Walker , Jones , Lezak )
2010: USA (Phelps , Lochte , Lezak , Adrian )
2014: AUS (D'Orsogna , Magnussen , Abood , McEvoy )
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Not Held
1963: Not Held
1965: USA : (Roth , Saari , Roth , Ilman )
1967: USA : (Charlton , Nelson , Hickcox , Robie )
1970: USA : (Strenk , O'Mallay , McConica , Heckl )
1973: Soviet Union : Unknown
1977: USA : (Weston , Curington , Ebuna , Hannula )
1979: USA : (Sharpe , Dickson , O'Brien , Hillencamp )
1981: Soviet Union : Unknown
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: USA : (Oppel , Siroky , Dillon , Biondi )
1987: USA : (Parker , Lang , Hodge , Olsen )
1991: Soviet Union : Unknown
1993: USA : (Keppeler , Phillips , Van Tassell , Berube )
1995: USA : (Davis , Kanner , Rumley , Schumacher )
1997: USA : (Eckerman , Goldblatt , Rauch , Schryver )
1999: USA : (Godsman , Hartzel , Leonard , Warkentin )
2001: Italy : (Beccari , Selleri , Pelliciari , Cappellazzo )
2003: Russia : (Kapralov , Kuznetsov , Chernyshov , Prilukov )
2005: Italy : (Frovi , Calvi , Pasteris , Cassio )
2007: USA : (McGinnis , Ritter , Van Wie , Klueh )
2009: Japan : (Uchida , Hihara , Kuzuhara , Mononobe )
2011: USA : (Klueh , Hill , Matt Bartlett, McLean )
2013: Russia : (Izotov , Lobintsev , Lobuzov , Sukhorukov )
Persondata
Name
Lang, Brent
Alternative names
Lang, Brent Dennis; Lang, Brent D.
Short description
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
Date of birth
January 25, 1968
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death