Crissy Ahmann-Leighton - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (born 20 May 1970) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

and olympic champion. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley
Medley swimming
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

relay, a gold medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, and a silver medal in 100 m butterfly
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

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Attended the University of Arizona 1988-1992. where she was an Arizona Swimming letterwoman.

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