Sean Killion
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| Full name | Sean Thomas Killion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 24, 1967 Camden, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jersey Wahoos | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sean Thomas Killion (born October 24, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.
Killion was born in Camden, New Jersey, and spent his early years training at Jersey Wahoos, a club located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He claimed the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in the men's 400-meter freestyle event.[1]
Killion represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in the B Final of the men's 400-meter freestyle, and finished with the eleventh-best overall time of 3:52.76. He also recorded a time of 15:27.49 in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, but did not advance.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Sean Killion. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
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