Chris Jacobs (swimmer)

Chris Jacobs

Personal information

Full name

Christopher Charles Jacobs

Nickname(s)

"Chris"

Nationality

United States

Born

September 25, 1964 (age 47)

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

82 kilograms (180 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

freestyle

Medal record

Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	1988 Seoul	4×100 m medley
Silver	1988 Seoul	100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1987 Brisbane	4×100 m freestyle

Christopher ("Chris") Charles Jacobs (born September 25, 1964) is an Olympic swimmer from Livingston, New Jersey who won two gold medals and a silver medal representing the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.^[1]

References

^ Litsky, Frank. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS; Swimmer Outraces His Past", The New York Times, September 18, 1988. Accessed April 11, 2008. "At the age of 12, Chris Jacobs of Livingston, N.J., tried cocaine for the first time."

Sources

1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Mike Barrowman • David Berkoff • Steve Bigelow • Matt Biondi • Matt Cetlinski • Troy Dalbey • Mark Dean • Doug Gjertsen • Chris Jacobs • Tom Jager • Shaun Jordan • Dan Jorgensen • Lars Jorgensen • Jeff Kostoff • Brett Lang • Jay Mortenson • Craig Oppel • Rich Schroeder • Kirk Stackle • Bill Stapleton • Melvin Stewart • Dan Veatch • Daniel Watters • Dave Wharton

Women's Team	Beth Barr • Tami Bruce • Janet Evans • Leigh Ann Fetter • Erika Hansen • Andrea Hayes • Whitney Hedgepeth • Janel Jorgensen • Mitzi Kremer • Susan Lipscomb • Tracey McFarlane • Mary T. Meagher • Betsy Mitchell • Trina Radke • Susan Rapp • Jill Sterkel • Dara Torres • Laura Walker • Mary Wayte • Paige Zemina

Coaches	Steve Bultman • Dick Hannula (manager) • Mitch Ivey • Frank Keefe • Skip Kenney • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese • Randy Reese • Mark Schubert

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander)
1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh)
1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz)
1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines)
1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi)
1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen)
1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.)
2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe)
2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling)
2008: USA (Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak)

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell)
1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark)
1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh)
1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich)
1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery)
1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks)
1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines)
1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs)
1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen)
1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.)
2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.)
2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
2008: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

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)

Persondata
Name	Jacobs, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	September 25, 1964
Place of birth
Date of death
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