Crissy Ahmann-Leighton

Crissy Ahmann-Leighton

Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	(1970-05-20) May 20, 1970 Yankton, South Dakota
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle, butterfly
College team	University of Arizona
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the  United States Summer Olympics Gold 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m freestyle Gold 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley Silver 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly World Championships (LC) Gold 1991 Perth 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley

Crissy M. Ahmann-Leighton (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 4x100-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 4x100-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

v t e 1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman David Berkoff Matt Biondi Greg Burgess Hans Dersch Nelson Diebel Lawrence Frostad Doug Gjertsen Joe Hudepohl Scott Jaffe Tom Jager Shaun Jordan Dan Jorgensen Ron Karnaugh Sean Killion Pablo Morales Eric Namesnik Jon Olsen Jeff Rouse Roque Santos Tripp Schwenk Royce Sharp Melvin Stewart Joel Thomas Dave Wharton Women's Team Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Janet Evans Nicole Haislett Erika Hansen Jill Johnson Megan Kleine Lea Loveless Angel Martino Anita Nall Summer Sanders Ashley Tappin Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Janie Wagstaff Angie Wester-Krieg Coaches Mike Hastings Richard Quick Eddie Reese Mark Schubert Richard Shoulberg Nort Thornton Jon Urbanchek